His son chose death. Cris has lost his soul, his lover, and now his only sonand yet there are things Hell still wants to take from him. Alone on the banks of the Erebus, Cris must learn what it means to be the father of a monster. Again a slave to Hell, he must decide which parts of himself to compromise and which friends to betraybut hes still too stupid to give up hope. Somehow, some way, hes going to get everything back.