Sneaker — David Burton

Sneaker is a Hell Cop hired to go into Hell and find souls sent down by mistake and get them to Heaven Gate. When she learns that her friend Slip is trapped in Hell with a retrieved soul, she does not hesitate to go down with the aim to rescue her. That's what friends do.

What should have been a simple adventure takes a turn for the worse when Slip is badly injured and her survival is questionable. Time is running out. If she dies in Hell, her soul will be trapped there forever. Sneaker, Slip and Nandi, the retrieved soul, fight their way to temporary safety.

Through the Nexus, Hell's transit system, they must fight again to gain the Swizzel Styx Bar and Marina. Slip is dying, they all know that. There are certain Red Pills that will help her push through, but they have their own dangers. They barely make Charon's Ferry back across the Styx. There, only a few hundred yards from the saftey of Heaven Gate, newly damned souls may still prevent Slip's soul from reaching safety through the Gate. And Sneaker may pay for that with her own life.
But Sneaker is not one to let a friend down.