PINHOLE

John Camp has left the military for civilian work and now heads up security at a new Anglo-American super-collider tunneled under the M25 Motorway in London. High on his priorities is not screwing up a new relationship with physicist Emily Loughty, the beautiful and accomplished Scottish research director at the collider. But when the collider reaches red-line energy level during an experiment, Emily disappears, and a long-dead serial killer stands in her place. A portal to Hell has opened, trapping Emily there, and John volunteers for the seemingly impossible mission of bringing her back. Both John and Emily must use their intellect and survival skills to navigate the strange world: an intriguing mash-up of all historical periods from the stone age to the present, but with a decidedly medieval feel punctuated by flashes of modernity. PINHOLE forges elements of Michael Crichton, Game of Thrones and Dante's Inferno to create a completely innovative and explosive new series.

PINHOLE is the first of the three-book DOWN trilogy, where the portal to Hell progressively and apocalyptically widens, allowing desperate Hellers to flood earth and the innocent living to become trapped in Hell.

Glenn Cooper is the author of seven previous thrillers, which have sold five million copies in 30 translations. His books, including the Library of the Dead trilogy, which is under development as a film series, have consistently been bestsellers throughout Europe.