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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Descentby Jeff Long
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Hell Exists. In Tibet, while guiding trekkers to a holy mountain, Ike Crockett discovers a bottomless cave. When his lover disappears, Ike pursues her into the depths of the earth....In a leper colony bordering the Kalahari Desert, a nun and linguist named Ali von Schade unearths evidence of a proto-human species and a deity call Older-than-Old....In Bosnia, Major Elias Branch crash-lands his gunship near a mass grave and is swarmed by pale cannibals terrified of light... So begins mankind's realization that the underworld is a vast geological labyrinth riddling the continents and seabeds, one inhabited by brutish creatures who resemble the devils and gargoyles of legend. With all of Hell's precious resources and territories to be won, a global race ensues. Nations, armies, religions, and industries rush to colonize and exploit the subterranean frontier. A scientific expedition is launched westward to explore beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, both to catalog the riches there and to learn how life could develop in the sunless abyss. Is there a natural explanation, as the scientists hope? Or is there a true supernatural basis? Are the "demons" part of our evolutionary family tree? Is their enigmatic leader merely a freak genius, or could he be the legendary Satan?. Review:"Like the subterranean trail blazed by its adventurers, the narrative twists, turns, dead-ends and backtracks." Publishers Weekly Review:"A remarkable novel, an imaginative tour de force....It is a rip-roaring good read." Jon Krakauer, USA Today Review:"The story is complex, with some surprising twists near the end. All in all, this is one of those compelling books that is difficult to finish but even more difficult to put down." Library Journal Synopsis:In a cave in the Himalayas, a guide discovers a self-mutilated body with the warning "Satan exists". In the Kalahari Desert, a nun unearths evidence of a proto-human species and a deity called Older-than-Old. In Bosnia, "something" feeds upon the dead in mass graves. So begins mankind's shocking realization that the underworld is populated by another race of beings--and they are waiting to be found. About the AuthorJeff Long has been a climber, stonemason, journalist, historian, screenwriter, and novelist. He lives in Colorado. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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