For his entire life, he'd been known as "peculiar."

A painfully sickly child, his father had found him peculiar for his fondness for biology books, and apparent disdain for business. The only activity they'd shared as father as son had been the occasional hunting trip.

But the peculiar boy had found most enjoyment not in his kills, but in their subsequent dissection.

His father had tried his best to steer his odd son in the direction of family business. He'd tried to teach him the secrets of banking and industry, and the value of competitive enterprise.

But by age seven, the peculiar boy had instead used his father's lessons to...