All that matters for Cadi Forbes is finding the one man who can set her free from the sin that plagues her days and nights... the sin that has stolen her mother's love from her and made her wish she could flee life and its terrible justice. She knows it's forbidden, that doing so will bring curses down on her - but something deep and instinctive moves her, against all dire warnings, to find the "sin eater". Before their journeys are over, Cadi and the sin eater must face themselves, each other - and the One who will demand all from them in exchange for the answers they seek.