My Thoughts on Hell Holes, Book 3: To Hell and Back by Donald Firesmith
I do not recommend this book for my youth readers.
To Hell and Back was not my favorite in the series. I do not hold this against Firesmith’s ability to craft a compelling story. A good portion of book 3 went into detail about the types of weapons the humans were to take to Hell, and I am not interested in the technological side of things. A big part of what I dislike about science fiction is the technologies and science. Once the scientific explanations were complete, I was very interested in the story. I loved entering the portals to Hell, taking the fight to Hell, and learning what happened after the strike force returned home.
I think Firesmith does a great job at describing the scenery and landscape without slowing distracting the reader. His descriptions of both Alaska and Hell were vivid and clear for my mind’s eye.