Part of InCryptid, book 11
First published 2022
Alice Price has one goal: find Thomas. Fifty years ago, the crossroads made him vanish, and she has been tearing through dimensions ever since, chasing every lead that goes nowhere. Now the crossroads are gone, destroyed, and that changes the math. Without that particular enemy in the way, Alice can push harder, dig deeper, and stop pulling punches. She is not a young woman anymore, and she is done being patient. She will bring Thomas home dead or alive, though she would strongly prefer alive. The problem is that pan-dimensional travel does not come with a map. Alice has to figure out which passage, which world, which rabbit hole she has been missing all these decades. She has to sort her allies from her enemies along the way. And underneath all the logistics sits the question she cannot quite shake: if she finds him after fifty years apart, will Thomas Price even know who she is? Spelunking Through Hell is the eleventh InCryptid novel, following the Price family, a line of cryptozoologists who protect magical creatures living hidden among humans. This one belongs to Alice.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, mystery, fantasy, urban-fantasy
Vibes: determined, dimension-hopping, emotional-stakes, fast-paced, gritty
Tropes: determined-protagonist, found-family, multi-dimensional-world, quest-narrative
Setting: crossroads, dimensions
352 pages · Paperback · DAW
Content warnings: death