''Katabasis is a formidable, timeless work, destined to be a modern classic'' OLIVIE BLAKE''Katabasis is more than a novel to savor. This book is an experience. I envy those who get to read it for the first time'' REBECCA ROSS''A witty, gorey, harrowing ride'' LEIGH BARDUGOKatabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero''s descent to the underworld.Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and - inconveniently - in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.But Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she-s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.That-s if they can agree on anything.Will they triumph, or kill each other trying?2025-s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new novel by Sunday Times Number One Bestseller R.F. Kuang. Coming