Doug DeWitt is going to Hell. Actually, he's just visiting, because he needs to ask for a favor from his former nemesis, Al Bloom. Unfortunately, Doug has no idea how to find him, and the demons and damned souls aren't helping at all. Doug's only ally is Mallory Gordon, a trigger-happy mercenary with a murky past and questionable motivation. While Mallory and Doug search for Al, they face obnoxious torture, including endless traffic jams, spontaneous fistfights, perpetual nightmares, and a crooked game of Go Fish. As they delve deeper into Hell, Doug recounts the story of how he and Al established a revolutionary charity, only for Al to abandon him and eventually commit suicide. If Doug can't figure out what went wrong on Earth, he'll never be able to obtain Al's help. Even worse, there's a distinct possibility he might become trapped in Hell forever.