Though she wants nothing more than to truly belong in her rigidly religious community and live a life in service to her gods, Gustavah Torquil has an otherworldly secret that would send her to the pyre if it were ever revealed. When forced to choose between self-preservation and her convictions, she reveals her inner-demon to a powerful religious leader who is all too eager to exploit the opportunity her unique condition affords him. Only after their marriage does Gustavah recognize the danger she, and everyone around her, is in.
Years later, idealistic politician Evren Aeldred finds her on the brink of death just outside the city walls, adding another member to his family's menagerie of inquisition victims and yet another pull to his web of warring allegiances. Spurred by religious reform and the political machinations of her husband, Gustavah's new world fractures, and, with the help of Evren, she must overcome all that haunts her to deliver herself and her new family from the fury of the false prophet she once loved.
