Ashley has gone thorough a lot in her young life, first she was abused by her dad , so she slipped into a bad depression and was diagnosed with PTSD. When she was in high school, she meet a guy someone she really cared about; but one day he told her that he was leaving her, he wasn't even really dating her, it was just for a bet. So she thought low of her self and started to cut herself and starved herself. And she got bullied a lot, and slipped harder depression state. When she turned 22 and moved with her mother to hope county to try and get away from the misslou, but never really helped her depression that much. Then she meet someone that she wanted to be with, he made her happy and smile she's hasn't smiled since her high school boyfriend. But she taught he could never love her, or so she thought.

5 ans sont passés après les évenements du tome 1. L'éffondrement est arrivé, Joy est enfermée avec sa "Famille" d'Eden's Gate dans le bunker de John comme l'avait prévu Joseph. Mais réussira-t-il à ramener sa précieuse Joy dans ses bras?

Joy, 17 ans, vivait dans le comté de hope avec ses parents. Même si son prénom était synonyme de bonheur intense, la violence de son père la basculait dans un Calvaire. L'unique solution pour Joy était de s'en échapper. Un culte local installé récement croisera sa route qui marquera les esprits à n'en pas douter. "the sadness will always last"