Prepare for one hell of a journey… 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE'[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE'I devoured it' RED Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld. Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.But Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.That’s if they can agree on anything.Will they triumph, or kill each other trying?2025’s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new No.1 Sunday Times bestselling novel by R.F. Kuang.'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach' THE HERALD‘Mind-bending fantasy’ GRAZIAR.F. Kuang, the Sunday Times bestselling author, brings us another thrilling adventure filled with mythical creatures and dark undertones. Pre-order this up-coming fantasy romance to experience the latest in action-packed fiction.For fans of V. E. Schwab (Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil), M. L. Wang (Blood Over Bright Haven), Samantha Shannon (The Dark Mirror), James Islington (The Will of the Many), and Brandon Sanderson (Wind and Truth).HarperCollins 2025
