In this tale of darkness and radiance, trauma and healing, innocence lost, and forgiveness gained, Zoe Thomas comes to terms with the death of her adored, idealized father. As in the mythic tale of Persephone and Demeter, Zoe is taken down into the Dark Realm of trauma and the terrible specialness of incest. For long-hidden family secrets to be brought to light, Zoe must enter upon a Road of Trials through the Dark Realm-the Realm of Persephone-where she confronts monsters, meets helping spirits, and at last encounters the Mother Goddess to realize the Sacred Feminine in herself. The ordeal frees her from enmeshment by the darkly seductive Spider King; she is reunited with her long-estranged human mother; and she returns from the Dark Realm able to know true love, claim her sovereignty and, with her heart now wise and open in compassion, to experience agency as a Guide of Souls to bring a lost child home.

[TRIGGER WARNING: this book includes graphic depictions of incest and child abuse.]