What if a subterranean, parallel world existed, and has always existed below our feet? What if we had glimpsed this world periodically, and passed word of it through time - alternately rediscovering and forgetting it? As communication and technology grows apace we might rediscover this world and even explore it. What might we find there and about ourselves in the process?Long's novel begins with a simple premise: Hell exists. Not the spooky realm of pain and suffering, but a specific, geological, geographic, and biologically-rich place. It is inhabited by humanoids simultaneously similar and dissimilar from our own world. An adventure story, Long sends a group of scientists and explorers deep into the Earth in search of Hell and even Satan. A fun and sometimes terrifying exploration in the world that we imagine exists below us. Re-read after a long time.
