Locate the entrance to the underworld. Take a soul from hell. A straightforward approach, but few individuals who travel this way return. Galaxy "Alex" Stern, however, is adamant about rescuing Darlington from hell. even if it means forfeiting her future at Yale and Lethe. Alex and Dawes put together a group of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe because they are forbidden from trying to perform a rescue and they are unable to ask the Ninth House for assistance. Together, they must work through a maze of strange objects and occult literature to discover the organisations' most closely-guarded secrets?breaking every rule in the process. Alex, however, realises these aren't merely accidents as faculty members start to disappear. There is a lethal force at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she'll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university's very walls. Thick with history and packed with Bardugo's signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters.