It is the combination of intelligence and the ability to comprehend time, along with a certain feeling that one man may have toward another member of his species that separates man from the animals. Only man has the ability to commit premeditated murder. Therefore, it is impossible to separate man from beast. One can only separate man from animal, because man himself is the beast. " The Beast" is a Christian novel occurring in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, in which a local police detective and his department must deal with the gruesome actions of a serial killer… an evil beast living within the community they've sworn to protect. Although a Christian novel, this novel contains graphic murder scenes.