A fun and entertaining adventure to Hell and back again. It was hard to put the book down, even on vacation, and I can’t wait for the next one!

This began with an explanation of physics and stuff connected with it. I had no earthly idea what any of this was about, but I continued to read.

Through some cosmic joke (has to do with physics), Emily is transported to hell and a murderer (I think his name was Woodhouse) is transferred to the living earth. John (another member of the physics team) decides to go find Emily and bring her back. In John's place, Duck (that's his name) was transferred to the living earth.

So - Emily and John are in hell, Woodhouse and Duck are on the living earth. Problem is, the aroma. Death has a peculiar, awful aroma. Figure this out.

So hell is NOT full of fire and brimstone. It is mostly full of people who have killed other people. You'll meet King Henry VIII, Stalin and Himmler among others. They are all still intent on killing each other, but how do you kill someone already dead?

One thing I did not like is the amount of animals in hell. No animal has done anything deserving of that fate.

So there are four stories going on. Emily is trying to survive in hell. John is in hell looking for Emily. Woodhouse is killing people on earth. And the lab folks are trying to get the two dead people back to hell and John and Emily back out of hell. Simple enough, but there was no warning when the story shifted from one set of characters to the other.

It was a most interesting read (except for the physics part).