David L.Bardd creates monsters.  He and his sister Darla had a highly abusive childhood, raised by a callous, rage-prone father after their mother died. Although Darla’s response was psychosis, drug abuse, and attempted suicide, her brother, who was clearly brilliant, found that channeling his anger and rage  was in the creation of a new species, in particular, he was in pursuit of the “perfect predator.”   After completing his Ph.D. in Genetics, Bardd partnered with a computer scientist, Jaques Jaussin, at Intelligenttable laboratory. Fortunately, Intelligenttable received a healthy grant for their research. With these funds they developed novel CRISPR technology to create the Jaquejaw and other complex monsters, a terrifying hybrid beast combining bear and crocodile genes with wolf senses. Additionally, JaqueJaw explores the devastating consequences of scientific creation without regulation or ethical boundaries. When Bardd’s creation proves too dangerous even for the military  (their funders), instead of destroying it, he secretly releases it into the woods near a small town in northern New Jersey. What follows is a harrowing account of hikers and locals terrorized by this nearly unstoppable predator, while detectives struggle to connect the mounting casualties to their true source. The story raises profound questions about scientific responsibility, the dangers of unchecked genius, and whether creations born without thought or reason can ever serve any purpose beyond destruction.