Baxter knocked the frail old woman down the stairs...but got away with it. He drowned the nice couple's toddler in the garden pond, and no one suspected a thing. Because Baxter is a cunning, brilliant monster in the guise of man's best friend. He can't be blamed. All Baxter wants is a master whose capacity for power and dominance exceeds his own. He finds one in the form of a 12-year-old budding sociopath.