It is 2036. The America that was, is no more. A country once united is now a country permanently divided between the Rule of Law and the Rule of God. A new Eden has arisen in the United States. Its citizens live as an example of faith for the entire world according to God's commandments. For those who disobey, rehabilitation can restore their faith but when justice does require sacrifice, death is painless and humane. It truly is an Eden for the frailties of humanity. But America's new Holy Land is anything but holy.


Five years after the suicide of his son, Lieutenant Deacon MacNair searches in vain for information on the rehabilitation treatments that drove his boy mad. MacNair, a son of the South who chose to fight for the Federal Unification Army, is haunted by the demons of war and disavowed by both sides. But when an angel of death begins to hunt and brutally execute the faithful, Deacon races to stop him and uncovers a secret that the leadership of God's new Republic will kill to keep hidden and one that the killer will stop at nothing to expose - a truth that could destroy his soul or restore his faith.
In a paradise where justice is only a perception of greater sin and evil wears the robes of power, obedience is unconditional and faith can - and does - kill.