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Book Review of Inferno

Inferno
Inferno
Author: Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven
Book Type: Paperback
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Into the fantastic abyss of an ingenious, living hell....
An unearthly voice hisses unholy welcome. And the late, great Allen Carpentier begins his one-way journey into the dim nether regions where flame-colored demons wield diabolically sharp pitchforks and tormented vixens reign forever in a pond of sheer ice. Here, in this land of torment and terror, he discovers the amazing truth of the ultimate adventure that lies beyond the grave.

"The somber beauty of INFERNO brought up to the twentieth century with care and humor and with some sins Dante didn't even suspect."
---Frank Herbert, author of Dune