His wife and children are missing. His life is in pieces. Then, he receives a chilling note. Their abductor has been stalking the family for months; manipulating their lives from the shadows, pushing them to the edge of madness. The note threatens worse to come unless the man complies with the abductor's deranged demands, and promises only one thing: There is no happy ending for you. Published for the first time in its complete form, this is the abductor's note. Graphic and disturbing, cynical and stomach-turning, taunting and terrifying, this is Villain, Smiling.