When the illusion shatters, what remains?

Daphne came back to the island to save her best friend.

She didn’t expect the island to save her.

Determined to rescue Cam and expose Dr. Hortense Gray’s dangerous “living art” experiments, Daphne returns to The Purgatorium ready to burn it down.

But nothing is what she believed.

As federal agents storm the compound and secrets unravel, Daphne discovers that the truth behind the island is far more complicated—and far more terrifying—than she imagined.

The line between therapy and manipulation.

Between victim and volunteer.

Between art and exploitation.

When the illusion finally cracks, Daphne must confront a devastating reality: power can corrupt . . . but it can also heal.

And sometimes the only way to change a system—

is from the inside.

In this explosive finale to the YA romance-thriller trilogy, love is tested, loyalties fracture, and Daphne must decide who she wants to become.