Solomon "King Solomon" James used to run the streets like a prophet with a pistol. Now he runs Revival Tabernacle—a megachurch built on broken promises and blood money. To the desperate, he’s a man of miracles. To the powerful, he’s a fixer in a robe.
 
To Detective Simone Bishop, he’s the devil she barely escaped—and the man who may be her father.
 
Years ago, Simone clawed her way out of the shadows of Slick’s empire. As a teenage hustler under his thumb and the daughter of one of his discarded girls, she learned the cost of loyalty and the weight of silence. Now, a decade later, she’s a homicide detective—and the past just came roaring back.
 
A young woman’s mutilated body is found behind Revival Tabernacle. King Solomon's name is all over the case. And Simone is assigned to lead the investigation.
 
What begins as a murder inquiry spirals into a labyrinth of horrors:
 
A trafficking ring disguised as “missions work”
 
Confessions turned into blackmail leverage
 
Miracles that leave believers missing or dead
 
The deeper Simone digs, the more twisted King Solomon’s “kingdom” becomes—and the more she fears that she didn’t escape after all. With politicians in his pocket, killers in his choir, and secrets tied to Simone’s own bloodline, Slick isn’t just surviving—he’s winning.
 
And he swears she’s part of the prophecy.
 
Now, with bodies piling up and her sanity unraveling, Simone must decide:
 
Expose the devil at the pulpit… or kneel before him and inherit his throne.
 
Because before the last sermon is preached, only one name will be etched in the book of the damned.