Hell, Volume 2

Eternity is forever. Things are getting worse in Hell. Revolution, resistance, angels, disaffected workers—everywhere you turn, eternity is in crisis. You’ve got Wild Bill Hickok’s ill-fated revolution, Baal’s plot to overthrow the Eternal City, an angel sent down to spy on all of it, and dozens of depressed and desperate demons trying to make their way in the cold abyss. Schemers, liars, reprobates and wretches: Hell is full of them and these are their stories. Hell, Volume 2 collects nine stories about Hell, including the novellas “The Resistance” and “Fear of the Dark.” These stories reimagine the afterlife as broken, dirty, corrupt, and full of scheming demons trying to get ahead of each other. From the Eternal City to Dis, from Demogorgon to Baal to Mammon, to their desperate wives, to their pathetic children, Hell, Volume 2 is another chapter in the world’s oldest story: the afterlife. Written by Kyle J. Acosta, Hell, Volume 2 is a unique take on the underworld in the rich tradition of Tad Williams's The Dirty Streets of Heaven, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's Inferno, James Blish's The Devil's Day and the Heroes in Hell series. For the first dozen of Acosta’s Hell stories, see Hell, Volume 1.

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