title: Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine, Book 1)
author:  Lilith Saintcrow 
description: Lilith Saintcrow was born in New Mexico, bounced around the world as an Air Force brat, and fell in love with writing when she was ten years old. She currently lives in Vancouver, WA. <br />
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  # DANTE VALENTINE
  
  
  # THE COMPLETE SERIES
  
  
  # LILITH SAINTCROW
  
  
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  **[www.orbitbooks.net](http://www.orbitbooks.net)**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![CoverImage](images/9780316182423_c.jpg)](chapter001.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [**Begin Reading**](chapter001.html)
  
  
  [Table of Contents](toc.html)
  
  
  [Extras](appendix008.html)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](copyright.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _To Miriam and Devi, because they believed_.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Book 1](toc.html#toc-part001)
  
  
  # [Working for the Devil](toc.html#toc-part001)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _To L.I._
  
  
  _I keep my bargains._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita_
  
  
  _mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,_
  
  
  _che la diritta via era smarrita._
  
  
  —Dante
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed_
  
  
  _In one self place, for where we are is hell,_
  
  
  _And where hell is must we ever be._
  
  
  —Mephistopheles, by way of Marlowe
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [CHAPTER 1](toc.html#toc-