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Wealth. Power. Murder. Magic. Alex Stern is back and the Ivy League is going straight to hell.

Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy "Alex" Stern is determined to break…

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1 author picked Hell Bent as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Wealth, Power, Murder, Magic. It sounded like a great combination, and it was. 

The main protagonist, Alex Stern, is a very troubled young woman with a very troubled past. Yet, her loyalty to her fellow purveyors of magic, all members of one of the many secret societies that abound in this part of the world, leads her to risk her very soul to save her mentor, who is half-trapped in hell. 

Set in the Ivy League of Yale, this story weaves reality (as we know it), myth, and legend into an intriguing tale of possible redemption.

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