From the introduction: Welcome to Purgatory, where life is short and hot, fast and deadly. Heaven and Hell lie beyond the finish line, but there is always another race after your last one has ended. This is a place where your car is your messiah, your guns the holy writ of the only faith that matters, and the Adversary… the Adversary is the devil that looms above all. Master of the Death Rally , the Adversary rules unbeaten, the flame-crowned demon king of the race who awaits all those who reach the highest position and thus may challenge him - a challenge none have returned from alive.