Eighteen months ago, geometric channeler Tripper O'Sullivan of Tupelo, Mississippi, and his paranormal partner, elemental channeler Geneva Kane of Maine, were ambushed in Siberia by the alien named Blue Square. They were bathed in light and vanished.Where did they go?Special Operations, the division of the government that investigated the paranormal, had found no trace of them. It was likely they were dead, but given they simply vanished in the light, there was also the chance they were still alive . . . somewhere.Well, they were.In Hell. For Geneva, a Christian, this is the ultimate shock. But for Tripper, it seems an inevitable consequence of his failure as a child to save Caroline, his best friend, from being raped and murdered. He ran away that night, and in many ways had been running away ever since. But Hell . . . is a bit different than Dante pictured it centuries ago. And there's a reason for that.Once Geneva discovers the reason, she realized the terrible danger she and Tripper face . . . not only for themselves, but all the denizens of Hell.