Augustus Saint murdered his mother. Her ghost now haunts the House on North Lane. Augustus has always been told the Devil lives inside him. He didn’t know it was true until a failed exorcism results in his mother’s disappearance, binding him to a Devil only he can see. As recurring nightmares bleed into reality, his darkening mind and growing paranoia leads him to the chilling realisation that he is becoming the very thing he has always feared—the villain of his own story. A sliver of salvation infiltrates Augustus’ guarded walls upon meeting classmate Nathaniel Carrington. Forced to collaborate on a university assignment, their research incites a desperate search for the cult that stole Augustus’ mother, confronting him with the truth buried deep inside the House on North Lane. As Nathaniel and Augustus grow closer, the Devil fights to keep them apart. In this tale of psychological turmoil, Augustus must navigate the treacherous depths of his own mind to escape the House’s suffocating grasp. Will he emerge from the shadows triumphant, or will he become just another forgotten ghost inside the House on North Lane?