Mary Kate is a waitress trapped in a bleak marriage. After surviving a brutal assault, she discovers she’s pregnant with her attacker’s child. A son she tries to love and protect.
But Jeffrey is no ordinary boy.
By the time he can walk, he’s manipulating those around him. By adolescence, he renames himself Baal and begins to wield a terrifying power. From a blood-soaked cult in California to violent uprisings in the Middle East, Baal leaves devastation in his wake.
Priests, prophets, and scholars follow his trail, each hoping to stop the force of evil growing stronger by the day. But Baal isn’t hiding.
He’s ascending.
In a final confrontation set in the frozen Arctic, good and evil collide in a battle that will decide humanity’s future or seal its doom.
