Long's extensive experience in Himalayan mountaineering and travel frequently informs his writing, which also draws from his work as a stonemason, journalist, historian, and screenwriter. His narratives often incorporate plot elements deeply rooted in religious history or popular perceptions of sacred events, lending his work a distinctive intellectual and spiritual texture. These diverse professional and geographical experiences imbue his prose with unique perspectives and rich detail. His writing explores the intersection of belief, history, and the human condition.
The book explores the concept of Hell as a tangible, geological location that exists beneath the Earth's surface. It delves into its historical significance and the savage beings that inhabit this dark realm, challenging traditional views of the afterlife. Through vivid descriptions and thought-provoking insights, it invites readers to reconsider the nature of evil and the mysteries lurking beneath our world.
Reuniting with his former climbing partner to recreate their ascent of the world's greatest monolith, Hugh Glass remembers their former wives and is caught up in a dangerous rescue effort to save three young women who suffered an accident on a neighboring climb. By the author of The Reckoning. Reprint.
We are not alone...In a cave in the Himalayas, a guide discovers a self-mutilated body with the warning--Satan exists. In the Kalahari Desert, a nun unearths evidence of a proto-human species and a deity called Older-than-Old. In Bosnia, something has been feeding upon the dead in a mass grave. So begins mankind's most shocking realization: that the underworld is a vast geological labyrinth populated by another race of beings. Some call them devils or demons. But they are real. They are down there. And they are waiting for us to find them...