Overall I liked the book. A story of four odd paired people going into the bowels of hell to find the lost holy grail. The book plays on Dante's Inferno. Each character has strengths and weaknesses which reveal themselves throughout the development of the story. It did take about half the book before the group actually descended into hell. But the development of the characters in this section was good. I thought the author did a good job describing each level of Dante's Inferno, but I thought it could have been an area that if better (more detail) the book would have been great. As I read this I thought of how this would make a great movie on the Lord of the Rings scale. The book also makes you think about what life could be like in eternity (hell of course). Good read.