From generation to generation bad luck and misfortune had befallen each and every member of the Mallen family. It seemed as though the ghost of old Thomas Mallen himself lived on in his unfortunate descendants, and Barbara had spent her life trying to forget he was her father. Then, when her triplets — the Mallen litter — were born, there in one of her sons was the unmistakable sign of the Mallen breed. How long would she have to wait and see if history would repeat itself? 

          ”The Mallen Litter” is the third and final part of the multi-generation story of the Mallens, which began with “The Mallen Streak” and continued in “The Mallen Girl”.