Beatrice Todd's life sucks. She's failing out of high school (again), her best friend is dying of an incurable illness, and no matter how hard she tries, she can't seem to make ends meet. Desperate for cash, she decides to do the one thing she knows she really shouldn't do: Demon hunting. What starts as a simple get-rich-quick scheme rapidly spirals into an infernal game of cat and mouse as Beatrice realizes not all is what it seems in her gloomy hometown of Stone Chapel, Maine. Bodies are piling up with mysterious symbols branded onto their stomachs. Strange crows appear on every street corner, watching and waiting. At the heart of it all is the city's famous church. When the battle for Stone Chapel's soul arises, will Beatrice be able to save it? Or has it been damned from the start?