Book excerpt: From her deathbed, Jack's sister asks him to keep a DVD she's made for her 9-year old daughter, Jenna, and not give it to her until she turns 18. "She must be the only one to see it," his sister appeals. But this is not to be as the people Jack trusts the most betray him and unravel his idyllic existence. But through the deceit, cons, and untimely deaths, Jack is determined to find what truly lies in the shadow of stone.