Amazon.com description: Product Description: The request from Thomas Abbot couldn't come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. Abbott wants Stark and Candy to investigate the disappearance of a young boy-- and help uncover council members who might be tied to Wormwood's power brokers. Stark's plans change when he meets a dying angel who gives him a vial of a mysterious black liquid that could be a secret weapon in the ongoing war between the angels. When one of Stark's closest friends is poisoned with the black liquid, Stark and Candy have to go to the only place where they might find a cure: hell. Not only does the fate of the world hang in the balance, but so do the souls of everyone in it.