Anna Simón narrates the psychotic drama of a former Catholic priest, who eventually becomes a wealthy and important businessman in Mexico City, D.F. Mariano Ordáz, the main protagonist of this haunting and controversial novel, hides a dark past full of horrifying events. His troubled mind hears voices ordering him to commit all kinds of atrocities. Until one day a woman appears in his life of which he falls in love obsessively. For Mariano, she is his redeemer, the only one who can save his soul from the flames of hell. He is called himself Abaddon the judge and enforcer of sinners on Earth. Everything he does will be in the name of God. Who will win this battle, evil or good?