The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins
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A missing God. A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away. Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts. After all, she was a normal American herself once. That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father. In the years since then, Carolyn hasn't had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient customs. They've studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God. Now, Father is missing—perhaps even dead—and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation. As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her, all of them with powers that far exceed her own. But Carolyn has accounted for this. And Carolyn has a plan. The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human.Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, The Library at Mount Char is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy.
The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins- Amazon Sales Rank: #73742 in Books
- Brand: Hawkins, Scott
- Published on: 2015-06-16
- Released on: 2015-06-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.60" h x 1.20" w x 6.40" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 400 pages
Review “Wholly original…the work of the newest major talent in fantasy.”—Wall Street Journal"Freakishly compelling...through heart-thumping acts of violence and laugh-out-loud moments, this book practically dares you to keep reading."--Atlanta MagazineAn engrossing fantasy world full of supernatural beings and gruesome consequences."--Boston Globe"Vivid...the dialogue sings...you'll spend equal time shuddering and chortling."--Dallas Morning News"“A spellbinding story of world-altering power and revenge…Hawkins has created a fascinating, unusual world in which ordinary people can learn to wield breathtaking power—and he's also written a compelling story about love and revenge that never loses sight of the human emotions at its heart. A wholly original, engrossing, disturbing, and beautiful book.”—Kirkus (starred) “An extravagant, beautifully imagined fantasy about a universe that is both familiar and unfamiliar…Hawkins makes nary a misstep in this award-worthy effort of imagination. You won't be able to put it down.”—Booklist (starred) "A bizarre yet utterly compelling debut...might remind readers of Robert Jackson Bennett's or Neil Gaiman's horror/fantasies.”—Library Journal (starred)“A terrific book, full of dark mystery and genuine beauty.” —Richard Kadrey, New York Times bestselling author of Sandman Slim “A first-rate novel… a sprawling, epic contemporary fantasy about cruelty and the end of the world, compulsively readable, with the deep, resonant magic of a world where reality is up for grabs. Unputdownable.” —Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother and Makers "Funny, horrifying and original…the kind of story that keeps yanking you off in ridiculous new directions every time you think you know what's coming next." —David Wong, New York Times bestselling author of John Dies at the End "The most genuinely original fantasy I’ve ever read. Hawkins plays with really, really big ideas and does it with superb invention, deeply affecting characters, and a smashing climax I did not see coming." —Nancy Kress, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Beggars in Spain “This book is batshit crazy. From the very first pages, the story grabs you by the guts and doesn't let go. It mashes together fantasy and thriller, love stories and dark comedy, into a wild trip at once unpredictable and unforgettable. You'll never look at a librarian in quite the same way.” —Keith Donohue, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Child “A pyrotechnic debut...The most terrifyingly psychopathic depiction of a family of gods and their abusive father since Genesis.” —Charles Stross, Hugo and Locus Award-winning author of Accelerando and The Apocalypse Codex "Don't pick up this book unless you want to read something you've absolutely never read before. The Library at Mount Char is funny, bizarre, moving, frightening, and surreal. The most original work I've read in ages." —Walter Jon Williams, New York Times bestselling author of Destiny’s Way and This is Not a Game
About the Author SCOTT HAWKINS lives in Atlanta with his wife and a large pack of foster dogs. When not writing he enjoys woodwork, cooking long and impractical recipes, and playing fetch with his dogs. He works as a computer programmer. The Library at Mount Char is his first novel.
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful. ABSOLUTELY FIRST-RATE FANTASY FICTION --A WINNER! By David Keymer “Carolyn, blood-drenched and barefoot, walked alone down the two-lane stretch of blacktop that the Americans called Highway 78.” That’s the first sentence in this hell-for-leather fantasy novel, and it doesn’t let up ever.There are twelve children in this very odd family. David kills people –well, not just people, anything living will do—he has become “the slave of murder.” Margaret dies –deliberately kills herself-- and then after she’s decayed for a while, they bring her back from death. This strange life doesn’t bother her as much as it used to: she no longer screams herself awake at night but she’s developed this irritating giggle. Michael has immersed himself so in the ways of animals that he can barely speak a human tongue any more. And what of Carolyn, the protagonist of this story? Carolyn’s a Librarian, the most bookish of them all. What she does is learn languages. The last time she counted, she knew fifty, but that was long ago. Some are live, some dead, some are human tongues and some are not. She knows, for example, the language of storms. And then there’s Father. He isn’t really their father but he’s the one who, long ago, adopted these twelve children and he’s the one who’s trained them to be the strange powerful creatures they now are. He’s not a kind loving father, oh no, not at all! When any of his ‘children’ disobey, or even when they disappoint, he punishes them. His favorite punishment is a giant barbecue shaped like a bronze bull: he pops them inside and cooks them until all that’s left is charred bones. And then he resurrects them. If they don’t get the lesson, he does it over and over until they’re, as a management trainee might say, sufficiently ‘incentivized.’ They all live together on “Mount Char.” Don’t you see? “Char”! Isn’t that funny?Father’s missing now and the children want to find him. Not because they miss him but because he is powerful –power-filled—without him around, the world is even more dangerous than it was with him in it. Especially because of the Library. That’s where Father has recorded all the secrets he’s discovered in his eons’ long life. If they don’t find Father, or find a way to take over the Library on their own, even scarier creatures may take over and make them suffer.This weird, utterly original masterpiece reminds me a bit of the free-wheeling works of Neil Gaiman –the crumbling of our assumptions about how things work in the ordinary world, the feeling that utterly creepy people may still make sense somehow, a peek into a universe tangential to our own and utterly its own self’s, and not ours. This is a very good book, not just as a debut novel, but as a novel, period.
57 of 66 people found the following review helpful. "American Gods" As Done By James Cameron By Severian I like Neil Gaiman, but his "American Gods" was vastly disappointing to me. Intriguing premise, good writing, dark tone --- but very erratic, devolving into travelogue, nostalgia, low comedy -- the concept of earth bound gods warring and interacting with each other and the world of mortals was poorly developed and not fully utilized, and the small intimate tone and slow turgid pace convinced me that American Gods could and should have been better.Well "Library at Mount Char" (hereafter "LAMC") is what American Gods should have been, Equally intriguing, lots of twists and turns in the plot, consistent tone, and a roller coaster of a plot with tons of action and a vast scope. You will not be bored reading this, and you will feel that the premise was so good and execution so well done that a extra couple of hundred pages in the volume would have been welcome. (Imagine that! A fantasy novel that is too short.. a rare thing!)The idea of scholar apprentices of a dark arbitrary god figure is a pretty neat one. The mystery at the core of the plot is a good one, and the characters are mostly well done. We don't get to know or care about all of the apprentices, but the ones central to the plot are well portrayed and we care about / hate them as intended. The humans we meet are also well done, and the interactions between "gods" and men are logically done and unpredictable.There are also plot points that are thoroughly unpredictable and yet also stunningly well done set pieces. Unlike "American Gods", where the comings and goings of the immortals are barely witnessed by humans, the mortal world is intimately and viscerally connected with the doings of the inhabitants of Mount Char, and the cataclysmic events inherent in a war / death of the gods scenario are not avoided in the intricate plot. If you like broad scopes and lots of stuff getting messed up in your fantasy, this one will serve the bill. It makes the average Godzilla movie seem like random street crime in comparison!More importantly, this book, unlike all too many modern fantasy novels, is self contained and is not merely volume one of an infinite series of 1,000 page tomes. (Martin and Jordan, I'm looking at y'all...). The plot fits in one volume, though as stated, it could have nee twice as long and still would not seem stale, and yet the world created and plot revealed are so interesting that further volumes would not be overly derivative and would be most welcome to me, another rare thing in modern fantasy, where the snail's pace and hordes of picayune details make wading through each new dootstop as much a chore as a pleasure even to fans.Best of all (SPOILER AHEAD!!!!) I like how the love story of Carolyn and Steve does not end happily. Hawkins must have been quite tempted to pave the road to happiness for our star crossed (literally, heh!) lovers, but admirably, he realizes that sub-plot would not work and so he doesn't force it to. This alone shows more maturity and skill than most new writers, genre or otherwise! What does happen instead to Steve and Carolyn in their different quests and arcs is ever more interesting and satisfying than the usual "amor vincit omnia" efforts that most fantasy writers succumb to.Hawkins has talent to burn, and does not make a single misstep here. What deficiencies that exist are almost certainly the result of limits set by the publisher / editor. There are too many apprentices floating around, few of whom matter, The abilities of the apprentices could have used more development and logical explanation, as sometimes the powers we see are kind of deus ex machina plot devices, but considering the subject matter, this is not inappropriate! Still, it seems as if there are too many "godlings" wandering about and the "rules" that they operate under are a bit sketchy.Also, the scope of events portrayed does exceed the stage a bit. (The "Henry V Syndrome" as noted by Shakespeare...) Hawkins does have a pretty capable muse of fire, but still multiple nuclear strikes, reality plagues, rising eldritch forces, solar eclipses... all seem a bit too crammed in less than 400 pages when GRR Martin can take 50 pages to tell you what Tyrion had to eat at the feast... I presume the page limit was set by the publisher, as new authors rarely get 750 page allowances for stand alones. If your bloated 750 pager is volume one of a trilogy, hey that's (usually) ok, new guiy, but a standalone first time novel would not he allocated such a high page count.If anything, it's amazing that LAMC works as well as it does considering its page count, and again, I commend Hawkins for not taking the Lazy Fantasy Author approach and say "well, I'll wrap things up in the next two volumes. Or maybe three volumes. Or maybe 7 volumes. Or maybe...":Anyway, 5 stars easily. If you are sensitive to violence or abuse of various types in books or if you like your fantasy gentle and light, stay away, and if you want a completely logical fantasy world, you may also have complaints, but all other fantasy fans will enjoy this, especially those who wished "American Gods" had a bit more of a superhero movie feel to it!
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful. A unique modern fantasy book that will at turns have you laughing, gasping and chuckling to yourself. Great first novel! By D. Brennan This is one heckuva debut novel for Scott Hawkins. Set in a modern day America, The Library will keep you guessing and turning pages long after your clock says that you should be heading off to bed.The three primary POV characters are about as different as can be - a demigod, a reluctantly-famous Medal of Honor awardee turned Homeland Security special investigator, and a only slightly reformed burglar. They all have their roles to play in a plot of multi-dimensional ramifications. I have seen novels with similarly grandiose ambitions go seriously off the track but, with a sense of humor, often witty dialogue and characters that take their share of abuse and keep coming back for more, Hawkins keeps this story moving forward and keeps the story mostly free of patently ridiculous plot twists and decisions by characters that are clearly not in keeping with their dispositions.There is a healthy amount of hand-to-hand violence dished out by a tutu-wearing fellow demigod to special forces units, some nukes, a walking glacier and a bunch of unique elements to this story that keep things fresh and compelling. I'm looking forward to reading more books from Scott Hawkins and hope that he can keep up the good work after such an impressive initial effort.
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