

"Perfect.right out of the stephen king mold, with a touch of Dante's Inferno." -Denver Post Part thriller, part horror story and part mystery.an all-engulfing reading experience." -Denver Rocky Mountain News "As frightening and exhilarating as anything in heaven or hell. high-spirited tale of good versus evil, faith versus reason, and the power of the human heart to overcome even the darkest obstacles." -Chicago Tribune "A return to the fantastic epics readers associate with H.G. " The Descent is simply the best horror novel since Ghost Story, and, on pure literary merit, it could even be called a masterpiece." -Fort Worth Star-Telegram Jeff Long has delivered what is bound to be this summer's really hot read." -Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Sleepers and Apaches A flat-out, gears-grinding, bumper-car ride into the pits of hell. "Would give Stephen King and Dean Koontz the night sweats. Jeff Long has written a remarkable novel.that somehow succeeds both as a sober-minded allegory and a nail-biting thriller." -Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air

"An imaginative tour de force.equal parts Ray Bradbury and Robert Stone, Michael Crichton and T.C.
