Fifty competitors. Nine levels. One winner. Every year, millions tune in to see which of the world's most eligible adventurers are able to secure the infamous laurel crown. This is Katathon. In a world where the nine levels of Hell described in Dante's Inferno are not only real, but the backdrop for the world's deadliest race, aspiring singer Asha enters Katathon with an ulterior to retrieve her ex-boyfriend, a previous Katathon competitor who never made it out. She forges a tenuous alliance with two fellow competitors to maximize her chances of making it through Hell alive, only to find that she is in over her head – literally. Katathon is the official companion novella to Janani K. Jha's debut album The Rest of the Laurels. Each chapter of the novella corresponds to a song on the album.