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== [[Literature]] ==

* Most mystery stories have this; the villain would be fairly obvious otherwise.

* Mal'akh of ''[[The Lost Symbol]]'' overcame a lifetime of drugs and debauchery with the intent of making himself {{spoiler|the perfect sacrifice to complete a ritual that he believes will turn him into}} [[A God Am I|a god]].

* Several [[Dean Koontz]] villains fit this to a T, the better to conceal their true monstrous nature and seem normal and orderly to the world. When darkness falls and the possibility of being caught is null, however, all bets are off for what they will do.