Lucifer is Lord of the Lower Domain and Purgatory. But, contrary to public opinion, this doesn't necessarily make him a bad guy. Quite the opposite. He takes care of every one who cares for him and just wants to prevent his mother, Gaia, from destroying everything.

On the surface this story is based on well known Biblical events but that is where the similarity ends. Welcome to Purgatory takes those stories and looks at them from a completely different angle. Rather than being the sulphur-breathing demonic devil we are so familiar with he is actually rather charming and is concerned that his son is brought up properly.

Lucifer is surrounded by a wonderfully vivid collection of characters – vampires, enforcers (like Gabriel and Michael) and his twin brother Jason Christopher, each of which has a very distinct role within the story; there is no padding here.

I am a big fan of this kind of story. I like authors who are brave enough to take an accepted aspect of life / religion / opinion and then rewrite it into a very entertaining, rather wicked tale. OK, there will inevitably be some people who may take offence at this rewriting of the Bible. If you are such a reader then the answer is simple – don't read the book! However, if you are someone who like "a right rolicking read" with some of the most technicolour characters I have ever encountered then you MUST read this story. Go on, give it a chance.

Synopsis
Littered with concepts that are contradictory to the traditional view, Welcome to Purgatory is a clever and unusual story that turns our accepted perception of Heaven and Hell on its head - not all in Heaven is good and not all in Hell is bad.

Super-sexy Lucifer, Lord of the Lower Domain (Hell) and Purgatory (neutral ground), is by no means perfect but his heart is in the right place and he will never turn his back on those that care for him. He finds himself in a desperate struggle to stop his mother destroying everything in her quest to punish him for not toeing her line. His mother is Gaia, First Lady of the Upper Domain (Heaven), who is an unstable megalomaniac determined to control her husband and sons, punishing them severely if they rebel.

The story keeps moving throughout and new characters are introduced and developed in such a way that the reader never feels overwhelmed by the number of interwoven threads within the plot. Cornish uses references to well-known fictional films and puts a new spin on Biblical events, making Welcome to Purgatory delightfully different and deliciously wicked.