the new novel by the pulitzer prizewinning author of a good scent from a strange mountain is set in the underworld its main character hatcher mccord is an eveningnews presenter who has found himself in hell and is struggling to explain his bad fortune elizabeth never believed her brother tobias died when he disappeared out on the bleak moor surrounding their small victorian town when elizabeth sets out in search of him she discovers something more terrifying than she could ever have imagined