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I was confused. So in the end, was Peyote, Phillip? And he was able to go back because he got a full set, but Cal was able to return because she sealed the deal on the 15? How was it that he could remember what happened in hell, when Cal couldn't?

Pey was not Phillip. He was able to return because he got a full set of his future descendants. I'm not sure how Pey was able to remember hell, but I'm assuming it has something to do with the loophole of being able to return. He asked Cal near the end of the book if their timelines on Earth intersected and they do in the 1930's. There was an assumption on his part that he would remember Hell (as he was being given another chance), but Cal wasn't given another chance. She would be found on the side of the road and my thought is that Pey wanted to give her a better, safer place to grow up so that she doesn't end up in Hell.

I'm not sure why he would want to forget everything at the end of his second chance. He still signed the contract with the devil, because he was a good man and realized that not having his daughter would make this second chance all for naught - even if he wound up back in Hell. Maybe he wants to forget and just become like every other demon in Hell?

Thank you! That makes more sense now, Cal not getting another chance too. It was an interesting read for sure and I appreciate you helping me makes sense of the end!!

Where would Cal end up, I wonder? Would she be taken in by one of the other Harrisons? I also wondered about the memory wipe - did he think if he went back to Hell and remembered his lineage, the human part of him may pull him back to try and get back to Earth yet again to repeat the cycle? Maybe he wanted to attempt to spare the souls of the future Harrisons so he wanted to forget his own family and the "full set" concept to keep them safe? I have a ton of questions!

Great book, but I'm still foggy on the ending, even after rereading the epilogue and the beginning several times.

Peyote was Evan Harrison, his “fourth Harrison.” He describes meeting himself from both perspectives in the opening and the epilogue (the dining table, the two cups of tea, knowing exactly what he wanted). BUT he sells his soul for something different each time. In the intro: that his family will never want for anything. The epilogue: that his daughter will not die of cancer. And who was his daughter? Philip and Silas don’t appear to have a sister. For someone so important to him that he accepted eternal damnation for her, she disappears completely. The intro makes a passing reference to Evan’s “debt-heavy sister,” whom I don’t think appears again, which adds another layer of confusion.

And I guess he wanted to break the loop of going to hell and resurrecting and then going back to hell, so that's why he requested a memory wipe? Also, if Hell has the power to wipe memories, why do they rely on the souls drinking the Lethe water? This exposes the infrastructure to sneak attacks and double agents.

Melanie, In the original timeline Pey dies quickly aftedr taking the place of his daughter with the cancer. Second time around he adds in his own fine print of wanting to live a long life, meaning, he can bestow information to his future descendents in an attempt to right the wrongs that occured to Phillip, Sarah, and Mickey. Just like he intercepts Cal when she is 12 in an attempt to give her a better life with healthier guidance so she doesn't go down the same path and end up in hell.

I get what's going on with the ending, but it doesn't really change anything for Mickey/Silas/Lilly/Phillip.

Pey still signs the deal to save his daughter in his second chance, so nothing in the future lineage of his family will necessarily change.

Presumably, Sarah will still die, sending Phillip to jail, and Mickey will be killed in retribution. So... what was the point of reading their story for 400 pages if everything still ends up the same?