A secluded convent on the precipice of terror! For over a century the St. Agnes monastery existed peacefully in its hidden mountain valley … But now, as Mother Tabitha joins with her Governing Mothers to instruct their sister novitiates on how to defeat the evils of the world -- the world’s evils will come to destroy them all. In this macabre tale, pulsing with colorful characters, the nightmare begins with a childish dream of Demons. But it will be a test of strength, will, loyalty, and wit to survive the very real perils set against them: Villainous nobles, vengeful spirits, intriguing priests, treacherous rogues, sadistic rape-fiends, love smitten spies … and still ever more violent menace and subtle dangers that would hound these women to extinction, in what quickly descends into the most harrowing moment of the order’s history … Here is the glorious and uplifting account of her dark, cruel, and bloody origin.