‘Pyper is a master architect of dread … Compulsive and nerve-jangling’ Lauren Beukes

Ashleigh and Danny Orchard are twins, not that you’d ever tell by looking at them - Danny distant and shy, Ash beautiful and accomplished. But there’s a secret in the Orchard house: Ash is a monster, a psychopath who can feel only through bringing others pain.

When Ash and Danny are caught in a fire on their 16th birthday, both of them die. But only Danny comes back. Since then, Ash has haunted Danny, denying him any form of normal life … or love.

When Danny meets Willa and her son Eddie he glimpses the life he could have without Ash. To stop her from ruining his new-found happiness, Danny must venture into the frightening underworld of Detroit, where he will unearth the mystery of the night his and Ash’s fates changed for ever.

Dark and compelling, THE DAMNED is a story of how heaven and hell aren’t about death, but about the decisions we make in life.