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Youthful rebellion is not exclusive to mortal adolescents. Demon offspring rebel, too. Mortal teenagers rarely kill, but murder is commonplace among their devilish counterparts. Three young demons murder their mother when they begin to chafe beneath the old order of evil she represents. But though Gypsy Pure Picaro is physically dead, her soul remains vital and tormented. She and her lover, Tophet, are parents to three abominations, two boys and a girl. Cozen, the oldest, is also the weakest. His brother Skeezicks is stronger, faster, and taller than Cozen, whom he is determined to kill. As punishment for his sweetheart's murder, Tophet just might let that happen. Only daughter Apollyon is the family favorite, endowed with understated powers. Amid the havoc their wronged parents unleash, will she break with her heritage of mayhem to restore a degree of order? Or will she let newly fledged hellspawn exact vengeance on their behalf?
Part stage play and part raw, gutsy prose poem, this novella offers an alternate spiritual reality in which God is a demon who practices compassion merely as a form of spite. Illionaire lists a cast of characters whose descriptions of the physiques of hell's various occupants seem to be intended to shock. Sibling rivalry is taken to extremes as is evident in Skeezicks' plans to murder his feeble brother, Cozen. Demonic disregard for others is on display in other ways, as well. For example, while torturing one another, the young demons simultaneously terrorize humanity by bombing and destroying every prison in the United States. By contrast, mother and daughter Gypsy Pure Picaro and Apollyon share a deep bond that provides a strong feminine presence throughout the narrative. Fans of horror and prose poetry may embrace Illionaire's tale.