Oversexed and underpaid, twenty-something counselor Cliff is hounded by his late dad's horny girlfriend, her twisted trio of sons, and various thugs and big business interests, all of whom want him to turn over the murder weapon in the Mickey Marx case. It's too bad he doesn't have it.Too bad Cliff doesn't have it. With the help of his wisecracking bisexual girlfriend and his Irish best pal, Cliff spends a drunken weekend trying to find the weapon. When he can't, and those business interests and lunatics allied against him raise the stakes, Cliff strikes back in the only way he knows how--by going too far. Then he keeps going.THE RUTHLESS SON is a bloody, funny, horrific tale of honor, indecisive millenial man-child-ism, manipulative mothers, weak fathers, Irish-Catholic guilt, movies, too much booze, and revenge.