Stephen Maher, an award-winning writer and reporter and a contributing editor at Maclean’s, has become a reluctant expert on the dark side of the human soul. You might remember his superb reporting on the Portapique shooter for Maclean’s a couple of years ago. Last spring, he spent five weeks in London, trying to understand Nathaniel Veltman.

“It took a long time to get people to talk,” he told me about reporting his piece. “You’re asking people to wrestle with something that’s very painful.” Stephen pulled it off. He unearthed amazing, chilling material. His story is a smart, sweeping account of a young man’s life and the destruction he caused. I hope you find it as powerful and as eye-opening as I do.
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