The last magicians of Earth live in fear. The demon Pinchent, priest of the Order of Communes in Hell, locates and kills them, after first extracting their knowledge and secrets. His goal is to acquire as much power as he can, in order to become the ruler of Hell.

Private detective Harry D'Amour fulfills the last wishes of the dead, who communicate with his assistant, the blind medium Norma Paine. As he investigates one of his cases, Harry unintentionally opens a gateway between Earth and Hell, and the most savage battle between Good and Evil that this world has ever known begins. Pinchent needs an eyewitness who will record his story as a gospel. And Harry realizes that in order to save Norma - and his own soul - he must pass through Hell. Literally....

After many years of waiting, Clive Barker presents the famous character from the horror film Hellraiser - and an iconic figure of pop culture - Pinchent, in an excellent, epic, complex novel full of imagination, blood, and unspeakably chilling nightmares.