The dead haunt Abel Ease.

They come to him in his dreams, reminding him of his curse, and demanding he come down to them. They won’t let him forget his family’s sins, and they won’t ever let him escape his fate: his soul belongs to them.

And the people Abel comes in contact with? His curse becomes theirs. Sometimes, creatures from other realms reach out to those he loves… and snatch them up.

FBI Agent Emi Laurens once knew Abel, though she hasn’t thought of him for years. At the moment, all she’s concerned with is catching a serial killer performing Satanic rituals on his victims.

Emi thinks this killer is human … but it’s not, and now it’s after her.

In order to save Emi, Abel must first face the dead, and then venture into a world he wants nothing to do with.

He’ll stare down a creature straight from the depths of hell…

One that will gladly take his soul as well as Emi’s.

The dead don't sleep, and neither will you.

For fifteen years, Abel Ease has hidden in Sunny Acres Asylum, keeping his demons locked away. But when a distant cousin arrives claiming to share his cursed gift—the ability to see what others can't—his careful isolation begins to crack.

As ritualistic murders shock the nation, FBI Agent Emi Laurens can't shake the feeling that something darker lurks behind the bloodshed. Something that whispers from shadows and wears familiar faces.

The walls between reality and nightmare are thinning. Ancient debts demand payment. And for Abel, the greatest horror isn't the evil hunting him—it's the possibility that his family's darkest secrets were never meant to stay buried.

What happens when the only person who understands your curse is the one who might destroy you?

Can Abel face the truth about his bloodline before more innocents pay the price of his family's sins?

Some gifts are curses. Some curses are destiny. And some fates are worse than death.