Dutifully accompanying her newly ordained husband to Asaba, Nnenna moves into a loveless house suffused with the settling dust of bitterness and routine where calculated cruelty is a way of life preserved and perpetuated in the service of a rigid, exacting and angry God. Behind a facade of false piety, there are sins and secrets in this place that could crush a vibrant young woman’s passionate spirit. And here Nnenna must find the strength to endure, change, and grow in the all-pervading darkness that that threatens to destroy everything she is and everyone she loves.