DAMNED is a collection of five tales of the wickedness of men, how little it takes to corrupt the soul, and the consequences of giving in to the dark. Absolution follows a young musician, on a vacation with his fianc e and her rich family, who wants to be accepted by them without selling out. A Stranger offers him a way in, but it comes with a heavy price. Shiver is the story of two friends stuck at a hunting lodge in the mountains during a blizzard. As the cold bears down on the men, so does something much more sinister. Ashes & Dust finds two sisters wandering a vast cemetery after they get lost among the tombstones. An evil presence tries to lure them further into the maze of death. In Bloodletter a man deals with loss by performing ritualistic murders in hopes of being reconnected with his true love. Debt caps this anthology with an apocalypse brought to the world by an unholy army here to collect what is owed to the devil.