Escape from Hell
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4.4 • 48 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured.
He has now returned, on a mission to liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined.
Partnering with the legendary poet and suicide, Sylvia Plath, Carpenter is a modern-day Christ who intends to harrow hell and free the damned.
But now that he's returned to this Dantesque Inferno, can he ever again leave?
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the long-awaited sequel to 1976's Hugo and Nebula nominated Inferno, dead science fiction writer Allen Carpenter returns to the nine circles of Dante's Hell on a quest. After witnessing infamous fascist dictator Benito Mussolini (Carpenter's Virgil-like guide in Inferno) escape from the confines of Hell, Carpenter vows to make the nightmarish journey again and liberate as many tortured souls as possible. Poet Sylvia Plath, recently freed from the Wood of Suicides, accompanies Carpenter, as do a diverse cast of notorious historic figures, including Pontius Pilate, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Anna Nicole Smith. This well-constructed tale will inspire many readers to seek out the original Divine Comedy, but fans of Inferno may find that the landscape and the plot are a little too familiar.
Customer Reviews
Worth the read
A satisfying end to the pair; i recommend this to anyone who enjoyed Inferno.
Larry and Jerry!
You mix Larry, Jerry and Dante and what do you get? Freakin awesome lit.
I've loved Larry Niven's work since I was a child. But this. This is Epic!
Good read, good sequel.
I read the first Inferno about 12 years ago at the suggestion of a high school physics teacher and loved it. This is an excellent addition to that novel. Niven and Pournell can write wonderful hard core science fiction. A great amount of research went into making sure the people encountered during this trip through hell were historically accurate. They are fairly equally represented through time.
Overall I believe that this book was definitely worth $8 and will re-read it at some point in the future.