"But Alice wasn't Grimes's only understudy. Peter Murdoch, a young man with the kind of talent, wealth and reputation that ensure a comfortable future also worked with Grimes and also decides to journey to Hell and find him. Alice and Peter are nice, but not necessarily to each other. Both have egos. Both know what's on the line. They might be attracted to each other. One might be planning to kill the other."
"As the duo become "sojourners" and traverse Hell together in search of Grimes, they encounter an endless array of characters, creatures, threats, deities and challenges that stand between them and their goal. Stripped of magic, full of different ideas and theories, and with the tension between them growing, Alice and Peter have to work together and trust each other if they wan"
Alice Law studies under Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, enduring his abuse for the promise of a career-making recommendation. Grimes dies in a magical accident that could implicate Alice, and Alice resolves to journey into Hell to retrieve him and secure the recommendation. Peter Murdoch, another talented and well-positioned understudy, pursues the same goal. Alice and Peter traverse Hell together as sojourners, facing creatures, deities, threats, and moral challenges. Stripped of magic, they confront ambition, guilt, attraction, possible betrayal, and the necessity of cooperation and trust amid escalating tension.
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