# Katabasis: the INSTANT No.1 SUNDAY TIMES best-seller from the author of YELLOWFACE

R.F. Kuang's Katabasis series launches with a dark fantasy romance that fuses epic adventure and academic rivalry. Grad student Alice Law is determined to master analytic magick, but her only path to greatness requires retrieving her deceased mentor from Hell itself. Accompanied by her fiercest competitor, Peter Murdoch, she descends into an underworld that defies every philosophical account.

Hell’s reality is a twisted landscape of skewed rules, forcing the two rivals into an uneasy alliance. As they navigate this reverse realm, their friction sparks an unexpected connection. Blending action-packed fantasy, atmospheric world-building, and a slow-burn love story, this novel series explores ambition, partnership, and survival in a uniquely dangerous inferno.

## Books in this series (1)

- Vol. 1 — [Katabasis](https://mybookbandits.com/books/9780008501884) (ISBN 9780008501884)

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