Five friends. One forgotten church. And a darkness older than faith itself. When Luca, Isabella, Marco, Sofia, and Antonio arrive in Vatican City, their pilgrimage begins as a carefree adventure. But a detour through a narrow, unmarked alley leads them to a church that should not exist—a place untouched by light and unlisted in any record. Inside, time bends. Shadows whisper in languages older than scripture. The walls breathe with the weight of ancient sin. As the friends explore the depths of the forsaken sanctuary, their reflections twist, memories fracture, and a chilling realization dawns: this is not their first time here. The church beneath the Vatican is not holy ground—it's a vault of condemned souls, where faith is devoured and the past is reborn in torment. Veil of the Damned is a gothic descent into the heart of blasphemy and memory, a story where the sacred becomes the profane, and salvation demands a price no soul can pay. For readers who loved The Ritual, The Exorcist, or The Haunting of Hill House, this atmospheric horror will linger long after the final page.