Flip Lochner is a weary & disillusioned newspaper crime reporter. Curious to find out more about the origins of a casual acquaintance, he descends into Devil`s Valley where, like Dante`s Virgil, he encounters a bewildering array of mysterious characters & events that lead him to reevaluate the world in which he lives & which he thought he knew. Fusing invention & reality, magic realism & earthy humour, Lochner`s adventures in the valley centre around the journey he undertakes to discover the truth about the elusive & erotic figure of Emma, one of Brink`s most remarkable creations.