Dante's Inferno

Inferno or Dante's Inferno was the first part of Dante's epic Italian poem The Divine Comedy. It was followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso and described Dante's journey through Hell.

A copy of Inferno was among the small collection of books found aboard the SS Botany Bay in 2285. 

Captain Kathryn Janeway was given a copy of Dante's Inferno by her fiancé Mark Johnson as an engagement gift. She later lent the book to Chakotay, who once quoted its opening line to her:

"''In the middle of the journey of our life

I found myself astray in a dark wood

where the straight road had been lost.''"

Chakotay agreed with Dante that if you always see the road ahead of you, it is not worth the trip.