In this startling and complex investigation, Dr Reid Meloy asks the simple but profound question: why does most violence occur between people who are emotionally involved? He provides answers by applying the insights of attachment theory to detailed case studies of deeply disturbed relationships. Dr Meloy transports the reader to remote locations that lie at the extremes of human experience. At these outposts we are privy to bizarre tales that reveal the violent underpinnings of love relationships. In mapping this uncharted territory we can recognize that in studying the outliers, we learn more about ourselves.