![]() ![]() His only real preparation being the highly inaccurate "Everyman's Guide to the Tower of Babel" which pokes fun at some of the more poorly researched guides on the market. Even though he is a highly organised person, he is woefully unprepared for the tower, or it's colourful inhabitants. Marya really only becomes lost because Tom is too stiff-necked and proper, unable to cope with the embarrassment of underwear shopping with his new, young wife. Tom isn't your everyday fantasy hero, quite the opposite. ![]() As the hours turn into days it becomes clear that to have any hope of finding Marya, Tom must ascend the tower. ![]() Shortly after alighting the train they lose each other in the busy market that borders the tower entrance. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of airships and steam engines, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. Immense as a mountain, the ancient tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. ![]() The story begins when Headmaster Thomas Senlin and his new wife Mayra take the train to the fabled tower of Babel. Since then the series has continued with Arm of the Sphinx and The Hod King, which is released this month. Originally self published in 2013, the book was picked up by Tor / Orbit when it became clear just how special the novel really is. Senlin Ascends is the ground-breaking debut of Josiah Bancroft and the beginning of the Books of Babel series. ![]()
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