From the 17th century and Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean's reign of terror to the 20th century and a runaway child hiding in an ominous cave, two destinies become entwined and an evil course is set.

Mild-mannered Jack Breen works in a video shop in Bristol, living out a dull, uncomplicated existence. But Jack has no clue as to how complicated his life is about to become when a menacing figure walks in asking for "the sickest film you've got."

Bane, proprietor of the horror-themed pub The Slaughter Inn, has an obsession with darkness, death-and Jack himself.

As their lives become intertwined, Bane's tormenting of Jack becomes increasingly dangerous. When the evil reaches out to touch his friends with horrific results, he's determined to put a stop to it, no matter the cost.

Jack's final conflict with Bane results in a disturbing journey deeper into the darkness within himself as he takes a bus ride down the Sawney Bean trail right into hell. You've got your ticket, now take your seat, the Maniacal Mystery Tour's about to begin.

A 101 Ways to Hell novel set in the 1990s, Sawney Bone is by Leo Darke, the infamous author of Lucifer Sam and Pandemonium.