First published 2013
Madison Spencer thought her journey through Hell was over, but death keeps getting more complicated. After a Halloween ritual goes wrong, she finds herself trapped in Purgatory, which looks exactly like Earth. She can see and hear everything around her, but living people walk right through her invisible form. Madison visits her parents' apartment, where she meets her dead grandmother's ghost. This encounter brings back memories of a terrible summer spent with her grandparents upstate, including a fatal incident in a rest stop bathroom. As Madison pieces together her past, she discovers that Satan has been targeting her from the beginning. Through Madison and her celebrity parents, he plans to bring eternal damnation to everyone on Earth. Madison must overcome her fears and prepare for the ultimate battle between Good and Evil, with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance.
Genres: fantasy, horror, supernatural, contemporary
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Earth, Hell, Purgatory
Period: Halloween
336 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday
Content warnings: death