Hell Bent. Alex Stern. Book 2

«Hell Bent» is the long-awaited sequel to the acclaimed fantasy «The Ninth House» by American author Leigh Bardugo. In this book, Galaxy «Alex» Stern and Dawes desperately try to find and pull Darlington out of hell, willing to sacrifice their futures at Leta, Yale, and even their own lives to do so.
It soon becomes clear that they can't do it alone: Alex understands why and what kind of team they need. It is urgent to find two very special people, because something much larger than just Darlington's disappearance is happening.
When faculty members start dying one by one, Alex and Dawes are forced to search not only for Darlington, but also for whoever or whatever is behind the sinister events in New Haven. Their plan to pull the aristocrat out of purgatory has a clear list of steps: find a portal to the afterlife, walk through it, steal the soul from there, and get out! However, almost no one has returned from such journeys...