Nominated and listed as one of the 50 Self Published Books Worth Reading of 2013/2014 (reader voted top 5 in literary fiction) at ReadFree.ly website (formerly known as Indie Author Land) At 18, Cibele, a student from Rio de Janeiro, dreams of a life in New York and moves to the big Apple, where she meets precocious Amy, a young scholar whose goal in life is to study sciences and astrophysics. When she visits the Art Museum, Cibele is impressed by a particular work of art depicting hell. Her horror of the painting grows when Amy introduces her to astronomy, and she associates the fearful black hole as an entrance to hell. Lost and confused about her life, she ends up meeting ambitious Agatha from Texas, who came to New York to succeed as a fashion model, and they become inseparable. While trying to survive and achieve their goals, the three young women question the meaning of life, death and the existence of hell, and their friendship ultimately turns into a maze of betrayal, jealousy and selfishness. Because hell is real. Embark on a spiraling journey through Rio de Janeiro, Texas and New York discovering the ambitions of three young women trying to find the meaning of life. Through a series of events that prompt them to play with each others' destiny, they will face their ultimate challenge: is hell real?