She went to Hell and returned to life. Hell was the easy part.

Annie Maple died, went to Hell, then escaped back to Earth through a mysterious portal. But amidst her gratitude, she is painfully alone: no one believes her story of visiting the afterlife. When unexpected tragedy strikes, Annie returns to Hell with old and new allies-the Hun horseman Trua whom she loves, the fumbling revolutionary Haisheng, and Kezia, a devout Christian widow with losses of her own. As Annie learns that the systemic ruptures in Hell go far beyond her own "shaking loose," she embarks on a quest to protect earthly life and answer the question: how can a supposedly just God permit a universe with so much injustice?