In de stad Agopra kan alles verhandeld worden. Mark is verkocht door zijn vader. Lily is verkocht door de directrice van een weeshuis. Het toeval heeft hen samengebracht in de oude toren van graaf Stelli, waar hun leven vol armoede en onderworpenheid wacht.
"A psychologist in suburban Cleveland, Dustin is drifting through his forties when he hears the news: his adopted brother Rusty is being released from prison. Thirty years ago, Rusty received a life sentence for the massacre of Dustin's parents, aunt, and uncle. The trial came to epitomize the 1980s hysteria over Satanic cults; despite the lack of physical evidence, the jury believed the outlandish accusations Dustin and his cousin made against Rusty. Now, after DNA analysis has overturned the conviction, Dustin braces for a reckoning"--Dust jacket flap.