Mary's story should have ended the night she died. Instead, it was only the beginning. She wakes up in a realm built on suffering. A place where condemned souls are sent to pay for their sins. Torn from her younger sister by forces she doesn't understand, Mary is given one impossible chance: survive The Seven Trials of the Soul. Pass, and she can save her sister. Fail, and she is trapped in damnation forever. But the trials were never meant to be won. Two beings follow her every step. An angel who shields her but hides a devastating truth. A demon who watches her with patience, charm, and an obsession he calls devotion. The trials strip her bare, testing her mercy, her will and her capacity to forgive the unforgivable. And Mary must decide who to trust in a world where loyalty is a weapon and love is the most dangerous thing of all.

Every soul is weighed in the end. Hers will tip the scales. The trials are ending whether she is ready or not. Ten years in Damnation, two beings who have shaped her more than any trial. One built her a shelter out of silence and comfort, but the silence is about to break with everything he did not say. One taught her to survive everything Damnation could try to break her with—except him. Both are waiting at the end of this road. And beneath the grief, beneath the wrath, the last ember of Mary's soul is fading. Damnation is watching. Everything she ever was is about to be tested. Who will she be when she stands before her final judgment? Ten years. One verdict.