Happy Hour in Hell
core novel 2013 Bobby Dollar
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.67 (4,501 ratings, collected 2026-08-20) |
| Page count | 400 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756408152 |
Synopsis
Happy Hour in Hell, published by Tad Williams in 2013, is the second novel of the Bobby Dollar series. Bobby Dollar's demon lover Caz, the Countess of Cold Hands, is being held against her will by the Hell prince Eligor, and Bobby resolves to descend into Hell itself to rescue her. Disguised and largely on his own, he must make his way through the hellish landscape, negotiating with demons and lost souls while trying to avoid discovery by forces far more powerful than himself. Complicating matters, Bobby's superiors in Heaven are increasingly displeased with him over the unresolved disappearance of his best friend Sam, and old enemies he had believed dead reassert themselves against him. As his rescue mission unfolds, Bobby is forced to confront uncomfortable truths about how Heaven and Hell actually operate behind their official doctrines.
Where it sits
- Universe: Bobby Dollar
- Series: Bobby Dollar core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tad Williams
Notes
- From the series record (Bobby Dollar): Urban-fantasy trilogy narrated by Bobby Dollar, an angel advocate caught between Heaven and Hell.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Bobby Dollar: position 2 of 3: previous The Dirty Streets of Heaven (2012) · next Sleeping Late on Judgment Day (2014)
Sources
- Author's own site: The Dirty Streets of Heaven
- Publisher listing: The Dirty Streets of Heaven
- Publisher listing: Sleeping Late on Judgment Day
- https://www.sffworld.com/2013/12/happy-hour-hell-bobby-dollar-2-tad-williams/
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