In a near-future dystopia eroding under a dying sun, follow photo-journalist Paris Ray as she investigates the mystery of unemployment certificates, during the two weeks on Earth. She works seven days a week in one of the last sanctuary domes to earn passkeys for her adopted family, lest they all die in inferno. The price is only five hundred thousand dollars per person. However, earning enough for passkeys isn't her main prerogative. She wants answers, and she'll use all her free time to get them. She wants to know why she hasn't seen her parents in six years, since they sacrificed themselves in the life payout program. She wants to know why she hasn't seen her older brother since he ran off to the Institute shortly after. And above all, she wants to know why they all have to work so tirelessly to be saved.

It's been two years since we've last seen Nicolas and Valeria; everything is pleasant and thriving in their relationship, with the continuing rise of their billionaire empires life seems as if it is at its best. When all seems good at the moment, slowly it begins to go to bad...with the rise of suspicion and misfortunes running around the seemingly perfect life of New York's most successful billionaires, many things will be tested... including their marriage. Read along and watch as the truth behind everyone's skin and their ability to handle the pressure of being in the center of the public's eye unfold. Can Nicolas and Valeria stick with each other when the world seems to be against their relationship? Especially now with a baby on the way? Or will they fall to the depths of the Demon's Smile?