An unearthly voice hisses unholy pleasant, and the late, great Allen Carpentier starts his one-way journey into the dim nether locations where flame-colored demons wield diabolically clear pitchforks and tormented vixens reign forever within a fish-pond of sheet snow. Here, in this property of torment and terror, he discovers the amazing truth of the ultimate adventure that lies beyond the grave.

After being thrown out from the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself on the gates of Hell. Feeling he’s arrived in an excellent chance of a book, he attempts to follow Dante’s street map. Determined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks through the nine circles of Hell, led by Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical tortures. As he challenges to flee, he’s taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin recast for the present day.