What is it like to be damned? Arturus knows. Born in Hell, Arturus has never had the chance to meet his creator or seek redemption; but that doesn't mean he has no destiny. He lives near the village of Harpsborough, whose people have torn a moment of peace from the unwilling claws of damnation--and damnation wants it back. Future omens are poor. Infidels roam the wilds, devils are amassing, and the very stones of Hell themselves have begun to break apart. But even while they fight damnation, Arturus and the hunters of Harpsborough find themselves facing off against traitors from amongst their...

His son chose death. Cris has lost his soul, his lover, and now his only son-and 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 betray-but he's still too stupid to give up hope. Somehow, some way, he's going to get everything back.

Hell heals all wounds . . . . . . or at least that's how the saying goes. Mortally wounded or not, Cris is finally safe. Locked away in an abandoned infidel fortress, he lies silently, waiting to heal or die. Inside the compound, Cid and Q hope to begin his infidel training. Outside, his enemies seethe.