The Infernal Descent · Book 1
Veil of the Damned
DANTE WROTE IT AS A POEM. DANIEL THOMPSON IS ABOUT TO LEARN IT WAS A MAP.
Book 1 of The Infernal Descent, a dark, adult retelling of Dante’s Inferno by Joseph Sackett.
Available in Kindle, paperback and hardcover.
About the book
Daniel knows every circle of Hell by heart.
On the night of their fifth anniversary, with a storm rolling in over Edenbrooke, Eve Thompson steps into a condemned crypt to fetch the rare book her husband has chased for years. She never comes back out.
The police have no leads. The stranger who came to Daniel’s office about that book never appears on the security footage, and his assistant swears the man was never there. So Daniel goes back, and the stairs beneath the crypt carry him down into a version of his hometown he hardly recognizes. The sky burns red. The dead crowd the streets. People he’s known for years still wear the same faces, but they aren’t the same people.
Daniel knows every circle of Hell by heart. He’s taught them for years. Now he has to survive them, with a poet for a guide who lies as easily as he breathes. And down here, every sin Daniel has buried is waiting for him.
Eve is somewhere below, and he’ll go as deep as it takes to bring her home. But the deeper he goes, the less sure he is that she wants to be found.
Every sin leaves a trail. Something has been following his.
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4.3 stars from 48 Amazon ratings
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Dark and Chilling Read!
Marnie David · Amazon reviewGet ready to explore Hell.
Devina Robinson · Amazon reviewGreat balance of suspense and drama.
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About the author
Joseph Sackett
Joe Sackett, who publishes as Joseph Sackett, is a bestselling author of post-apocalyptic survival thrillers and horror. He served 20 years in the military, with more than a decade working with Special Operations, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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