"There were 181 days left until I was scheduled to die" The gods are back. And they are pissed. When three kings locked away the deities of Ancient Greece, no one expected they would ever return. Yet they did, and now Zoe suffers the consequences. As someone born to one lineage of the rebellious three kings, Zoe has been labelled as redress since she was born. "The Penance" is a sacrificial ritual occurring every ten years, where those of the damned bloodlines are offered up to settle Zeus's wrath. Except this decade, the gods have changed their minds. A pyre-burning ritual is no longer what they desire. Instead, a private trial. Which means Zoe now has the chance to fight for something she's never considered... A future. Zoe has spent her whole life shutting out the possibility of caring for anyone but her and her brother. But as the trial commences, she is forced to form allegiances. Navigating her way through a complicated romance, challenging friendships, and potential enemies, Zoe has one more problem to face: the mysterious trial monitor, Alec. He goes out of his way to help Zoe, even though he was the one who put her there in the first place. Through a series of slow revelations, Zoe starts to realize that her story is destined to travel a unique path.