Veil thought she knew the truth about herself-an immortal created by the archdemon Asmodeus and the archangel of death, Azrael. But when she's captured by Octavian, a madman claiming to be her "brother," she discovers that some lies cut deeper than any blade.
Octavian is Asmodeus's first attempt at creating life-a broken creature driven insane by pain he cannot feel and hunger that can never be satisfied. Now he's on a crusade to prove that the fourteen archangels and archdemons are fragments of God scattered across creation.
And he needs them all to make his twisted vision reality.
Buried alive and trapped between life and death, Veil faces losing her mind in an endless purgatory of darkness. As Asmodeus races to find her and Azrael wrestles with breaking his ancient vow, the foundations of Heaven and Hell begin to crack.
The price of truth may be higher than anyone is willing to pay.