From the author of "Beleaguered", "The Pink Reich", "The Sisterhood of Secrets and Lies" and many other titles --- Dr. Hans Gustaf is a survivor of the Nazi regime only to employ some of their same tactics as the physician in charge at "Hell Hall" and "Misery Manor". Living a secret life himself in a mid-century era, he puts in place so-called treatments that would drive anyone insane, all in the name of medical progress and effective treatments. ---
Among his most trusted assistants is a nurse who was living the life of a deceased co-worker in order to evade justice. Guilty of a crime of passion, this woman chose to use an early incarnation of identity theft while her true identity was mourned by unsuspecting friends. ---
Among the patients is a man who cannibalized his parents rather than make his own way in the world. Also present is a transgender woman who suffered greatly at a time when gender dysphoria was yet to be diagnosed. Her desperation required that she take matters into her own hands while uncertain if she'd survive her only hope. ---
Other patients include a celebrity who has fallen from fame, a man who endured racial oppression only to take the blame for another man's suicide and the creepy groundskeeper who saved a socialite from incarceration after she saved him from being murdered. These and other characters are profiled within as the dregs of insanity. ---