bFrom iNew York Timesi bestselling author John Connolly, a wonderfully strange and brilliant novel about a boy and his dog and their journey to escape the fires of hell. b pRoald Dahl meets Harry Potter in this wonderfully strange and brilliant novel about a boy, his dog, and their struggle to escape the wrath of demons. pYoung Samuel Johnson is in trouble. Not only is his eyesight so poor that he mistakenly asks out a letter box on a date but an angry demon wants revenge for Samuel's part in foiling the invasion of Earth by the forces of evil. When Samuel and his faithful dachshund, Boswell, are pulled through a portal into the dark realm, home of the Infernals, it gets its chance. pCatching Samuel won't be easy, for the Infernals have not reckoned on the bravery and cleverness of a boy and his dog a hapless demon's loyalty to the duo or the presence of two clueless policemen and an unlucky, if cheerfully optimistic, ice-cream man. pMost of all, no one has planned on the intervention