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Escape from Hell

by Jerry Pournelle and Larry NivenBook 2 of 2 in Inferno
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Description

Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. He has now returned, on a mission to liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined. Partnering with the legendary poet and suicide, Sylvia Plath, Carpenter is a modern-day Christ who intends to harrow hell and free the damned. But now that he's returned to this Dantesque Inferno, can he ever again leave?

What it’s like

ThemeTheologicalDark FantasyGrimdarkMysticalThe QuestTransformation & Becoming
ViolenceGraphic
HorrorTerrifying

Details

First published
January 26, 2009
Pages
332
Reading time
About 7 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
ISBN
9780765316325
Series
Inferno, Book 2

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