Pilgrimage to Hell

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Pilgrimage to Hell
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Author Christopher Lowder and Laurence James
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Deathlands series
Genre Science fiction Post-apocalyptic novel
Publisher Harlequin Enterprises Ltd (USA)
Publication date
June 1986
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages381
ISBN 0-373-62501-4 (first edition)
OCLC 14206528
Preceded by Encounter  
Followed by Red Holocaust  

Pilgrimage to Hell is the first book in the Deathlands saga of novels. Written by Christopher Lowder under his pen name Jack Adrian and published on May 1, 1986, it follows the adventures of Ryan Cawdor, Krysty Wroth, and J.B. Dix, and delves into how they met.

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Plot

A major character of the saga who appears in this novel is the Trader, who appears occasionally in future novels. It also brings Doc Tanner (a senile-sounding gentleman with knowledge of pre-war America) into the group, and gives us our first glance at one of the series' long-running mutant menaces: stickies.

This book also introduces the redoubts, in particular the Cerberus Redoubt, and the MAT-TRANS teleportation chambers that are a major plot device driving the series.

Characters Introduced/Leaving


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