Trapped in an inescapable nightmare abyss after a brutal car crash, Leo survived five hundred brutal deaths—unaware he was lying in a coma. Five years later, he wakes up into a nuclear wasteland where water costs lives and children carry rifles. Protected by his uncle, the ruler of a powerful syndicate, Leo survives without taking a single life. But when his uncle is assassinated, Leo is forced into the leader's throne. Armed with hyper-honed instincts forged in hell, he must unite a faction of ruthless killers—just as a mutated swarm of brain-devouring leviathans emerges to erase what’s left of humanity.

​"To save my family, I handed my life over to the devil. I just didn't realize he'd built the cage years ago." ​When Elena Vance's family empire collapses overnight under a mountain of sudden debt, she takes a high-paying position as the personal executive assistant to Damon Sterling—the youngest, most feared corporate predator in the city. ​But on her first night, the illusion shatters. ​Damon bought every single cent of her family's debt. He doesn't want an assistant; he wants her. Isolated in his gilded estate, Elena is thrust into a terrifying world of dark obsession, where every boundary is tested and every exit is blocked. Damon treats her with cold, calculated dominance in public, yet destroys anyone who dares look at her in private. ​As Elena fights to reclaim her freedom, a deadly secret emerges from the shadows: Damon didn't ruin her to destroy her. He ruined her to hide her from a far worse monster—and his dark, twisted protection might be the only thing keeping her alive. ​In a game of toxic control and forbidden fire, who will break first?