很久很久以前,撒旦背叛了上帝,带领着十二天使站到了上帝的对立面,两方人马之间产生了激烈的冲突。上帝给众天使以选择,是臣服还是背叛,所有的天使们都做出了选择,只有两个天使迟迟不愿下定决心,因为他们两人之间产生了感情,不愿意因为立场的不同而破坏这份真挚的感情。 面对游移不定的两名天使,上帝和撒旦都感到十分愤怒,他们决定惩罚两人。其中,丹尼尔(杰瑞米·艾文 Jeremy Irvine 饰)变成了拥有永生的灵魂的17岁高中生,而露西(艾迪生·蒂姆林 Addison Timlin 饰)则是注定要在十七岁死去的少女。两人的感情纠葛了一世又一世,丹尼尔始终无法改变命运的走向,但他也始终没有放弃。Lucinda "Luce" Price is a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn't commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two mysterious students to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, who she learns have loved her for centuries.Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over true love.