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Sign Here

by Claudia Lux
MacLeod Andrews
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A darkly humorous, surprisingly poignant, and utterly gripping debut novel about a guy who works in Hell (literally) and is on the cusp of a big promotion if only he can get one more member of the wealthy Harrison family to sell their soul.
Peyote Trip has a pretty good gig in the deals department on the fifth floor of Hell. Sure, none of the pens work, the coffee machine has been out of order for a century, and the only drink on offer is Jägermeister, but Pey has a plan—and all he needs is one last member of the Harrison family to sell their soul.
 
When the Harrisons retreat to the family lake house for the summer, with their daughter Mickey’s precocious new friend, Ruth, in tow, the opportunity Pey has waited a millennium for might finally be in his grasp. And with the help of his charismatic coworker Calamity, he sets a plan in motion.
 
But things aren’t always as they seem, on Earth or in Hell. And as old secrets and new dangers scrape away at the Harrisons’ shiny surface, revealing the darkness beneath, everyone must face the consequences of their choices.

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  • Release date

    October 25, 2022

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593626320
      • File size: 301791 KB
      • Duration: 10:28:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from September 19, 2022
      Lux brilliantly combines satire, suspense, and pathos in her remarkably assured debut. Peyote Trip literally works in Hell—in the Deals Department, where his job is to get people to sign away their souls. Trip and his colleagues, who have the ability to read the prayers of the desperate, can trick them into signing a binding document without sweating the fine print. To be promoted, Trip needs to land one more soul. He’s already ensnared four generations of the Harrison family; binding the soul of a member of the fifth generation would make a “Complete Set,” an achievement that would allow his memories of all the suffering he’s inflicted to be wiped away. Meanwhile, chapters told from the perspective of various Harrisons focus on a murder 20 years earlier for which Philip Harrison, “a wild child back in the day, always taking girls for rides on his motorcycle,” was charged. Lux balances the whodunit plot and her antihero’s quest perfectly as the action builds to a surprisingly moving place. Readers of paranormal crime series such as Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files will be eager to see what Lux has up her sleeve next. Agent: Lucy Cleland, Kneerim & Evans.

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from March 1, 2023

      Lux's debut novel offers a truly original vision of hell and of selling one's soul. Having worked for centuries in the deals department on the fifth floor of Hell, Peyote "Pey" Trip is finally seeing his big plans come together. All he needs is another soul from the Harrison family to complete a "set," even as he has to mentor new recruit and possible friend Calamity "Cal" Ganon. Meanwhile, the Harrison family heads over to their summer beach house with their daughter's new friend Ruth, but Ruth is also the catalyst for the unearthing of dark family secrets. What starts off as a nod to Christopher Moore's supernatural silliness (most pens don't work in hell, and everyone uses tablet computers) grows darker as the two narratives progress. First, there's Pey's point of view, portrayed with dark humor and surprising humanity by MacLeod Andrews, and then there's Brittany Pressley's more reality-grounded narration of a family near collapse. VERDICT Lux creates a beautifully poignant tale of the consequences of desire, both of getting what we want and the pain of its being just out of reach.--James Gardner

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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