Wretched

What's an eight letter word for an unfortunate condition or circumstance? Don't know the answer? Dr. Andrews does. Dr. Andrews knows all the answers to all the questions the world wants to know. The most important of those is why. Why did a brilliant young geneticist throw away a promising career and substantial fortune to commit a crime so heinous it left the world in chaos and landed Dr. Andrews on death row? Some believe the good doctor simply went mad. But is Dr. Andrews truly insane, or is there some deep, dark secret hidden in the past that could shed light on the events that labeled the doc a monster? Who is the real villain in this story? Can the intrepid reporter assigned to cover the execution uncover the truth or will Dr. Andrews take the answers to the grave?