At eighteen, Lucias has spent his entire life learning how to disappear.
An orphan with nowhere to belong and no one to come looking for him, he has survived by keeping his head down, his dreams small, and a handful of old songs his only connection to a past he cannot remember.
Taken from the streets and brought into a hidden world of fallen angels, ancient orders and a war that has been waiting centuries for him, Lucias learns that his birth was no accident. A prophecy has been centred on him-one that could offer the fallen their way home, or destroy everything they have spent thousands of years trying to reclaim.
Then the wings tear out of his back.
One is black.
The other is white.
And neither should exist.
But there is something neither Heaven nor Hell understands.
Lucias has a choice.
He begins to discover something he has never been allowed to have before: people who might actually love him for himself. Yet the more his extraordinary gifts emerge, the more Abaddon-the ancient leader of the Fallen-offers him everything he has ever been denied: money, fame, power, purpose and a place in a world that can no longer ignore his existence.
And Lucias wants it.
He wants the life. He wants to be seen. He wants to matter.
But every gift comes with a price.
And when the choice finally comes, Lucias must decide whether his destiny belongs to the beings who created it-or to the person he chooses to become.
Some battles are fought between Heaven and Hell.
The hardest ones are fought inside you.