/lit/ - Literature

>"science fiction" with some horror
>parallel dimensions, gods and all that
>moderately grimderp
>good prose
Is there anything that checks all those?
Gave this Soul Cycle series a chance and while it had the aesthetic I was looking for, I ended up finding every single character in the second book insufferable.

Only about a quarter in, but I'm finding this slightly confusing.
Are the Stratums some sort of different "layers" of the universe or just simply regions? So far I'm thinking its something along the lines of norse cosmology, with the White Well and nether permeating everything.
How far has humanity spread exactly?
Was it ever mentioned how far into the future it takes place exactly?
What the fuck are the Workings?
Am I just a brainlet?