Azrayne
Irenicus did nothing wrong
Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel Book 1) eBook: Josiah Bancroft: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store
I'm really not sure how to describe this one. There's a definite steam-punky vibe, although that isn't the focus. A bit of Diana Wynne Jones/Susanna Clarke style Britishism, although I wouldn't put it in the YA category. Maybe a little Jules Verne.
Anyway, it's pretty unique, which is refreshing with how much copy-paste bullshit there is being pumped out right now, and it's a fucking good read. The first time in months that I've picked a book up and just plowed through cover to cover (so to speak). A really intriguing setting wrapped around some excellent character development.
My only complaint is that I started it thinking it was a single novel, for some reason, and was disappointed when I got about half way through and realized it was actually a trilogy and I wouldn't be getting any conclusion at the end, although luckily the second book came out earlier in the year. Hopefully the author won't drag it out or leave people hanging.
Anyway if you're bored and after something different, check it out. It's dirt cheap and well worth the cost of entry.
While honeymooning in the Tower of Babel, Thomas Senlin loses his wife, Marya.
The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel of the Silk Age. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of airships and steam engines, of unusual animals and mysterious machines.
Thomas Senlin, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, is drawn to the Tower by scientific curiosity and the grandiose promises of a guidebook. The luxurious Baths of the Tower seem an ideal destination for a honeymoon, but soon after arriving, Senlin loses Marya in the crowd.
Senlin’s search for Marya carries him through madhouses, ballrooms, and burlesque theaters. He must survive betrayal, assassination, and the long guns of a flying fortress. But if he hopes to find his wife, he will have to do more than just survive. This quiet man of letters must become a man of action.
I'm really not sure how to describe this one. There's a definite steam-punky vibe, although that isn't the focus. A bit of Diana Wynne Jones/Susanna Clarke style Britishism, although I wouldn't put it in the YA category. Maybe a little Jules Verne.
Anyway, it's pretty unique, which is refreshing with how much copy-paste bullshit there is being pumped out right now, and it's a fucking good read. The first time in months that I've picked a book up and just plowed through cover to cover (so to speak). A really intriguing setting wrapped around some excellent character development.
My only complaint is that I started it thinking it was a single novel, for some reason, and was disappointed when I got about half way through and realized it was actually a trilogy and I wouldn't be getting any conclusion at the end, although luckily the second book came out earlier in the year. Hopefully the author won't drag it out or leave people hanging.
Anyway if you're bored and after something different, check it out. It's dirt cheap and well worth the cost of entry.