"I ve been told to go to Hell more times than I can count. But this time I m actually going. "
My name s Bobby Dollar, sometimes known as Doloriel, and of course, Hell isn t a great place for someone like me I m an angel. They don t like my kind down there, not even the slightly fallen variety. But they have my girlfriend, who happens to be a beautiful demon named Casi-mira, Countess of Cold Hands. Why does an angel have a demon girlfriend? Well, certainly not because it helps my career.
She s being held hostage by one of the nasti-est, most powerful demons in all of the nether-world Eligor, Grand Duke of Hell. He already hates me, and he d like nothing better than to get his hands on me and rip my immortal soul right out of my borrowed but oh-so-mortal body.
But wait, it gets better Not only do I have to sneak into Hell, make my way across thousands of miles of terror and suffering to reach Pan- demonium, capital of the fiery depths, but then I have to steal Caz right out from under Eligor s burning eyes and smuggle her out again, past demon soldiers, hellhounds, and all the murder-ous creatures imprisoned there for eternity. And even if I somehow manage to escape Hell, I m also being stalked by an undead psychopath named Smyler who s been following me for weeks. Oh, and did I mention that he can t be killed?
So if I somehow survive Hell, elude the Grand Duke and all his hideous minions and make it back to the real world, I ll still be the most hunted soul in Creation. But at least I ll have Caz. Gotta have something to look forward to, right?
So just pour me that damn drink, will you? I ve got somewhere to go."