Senlin Ascends Audiobook

Quotes

• Ticks along with the tight precision and artistry of a well-wound watch.

  — Kirkus

• This is fantasy storytelling of a high order.

  — The Toronto Star

• It's rare to find a modern book that feels like a timeless classic. I'm wildly in love with this book.

  — Pierce Brown, author of Red Rising and Iron Gold

• Josiah Bancroft is a magician. His books are that rare alchemy: gracefully written, deliriously imaginative, action-packed, warm, witty, and thought-provoking. I can't wait for more.

  — Madeline Miller, author of Circe

• Senlin Ascends is one of the best reads I've had in ages . . . I was dragged in and didn't escape until I'd finished two or three days later.

  — Mark Lawrence, author of Prince of Thorns

• Wonderfully unique and superbly well written. I loved every page.

  — Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld

• The "Books of Babel" are something you hope to see perhaps once a decade - future classics, which may be remembered long after the series concludes.

  — Los Angeles Times on The Hod King

• Senlin is a man worth rooting for, and his strengthening resolve and character is as marvelous and sprawling as the tower he climbs.

  — The Washington Post

• Senlin Ascends crosses the everyday strangeness and lyrical prose of Borges and Gogol with all the action and adventure of high fantasy. I loved it, and grabbed the next one as soon as I turned the last page.

  — Django Wexler, author of The Thousand Names

• With deceptive simplicity Bancroft brings this gothic place and its denizens to a colourful life...I loved it!

  — Adrian Selby, author of Snakewood

• Senlin Ascends is an adventure rife with character, voice and beauty-a well-polished knife drawn out slowly.

  — Sam Sykes, author of The City Stained Red

• Senlin Ascends is a unique masterpiece. A brilliant debut. Highly recommended!

  — Michael R. Fletcher, author of Beyond Redemption

• More than deserving of advance buzz and initial self-published success, Josiah Bancroft's Senlin Ascends is an early contender for year-end best lists, and a towering achievement in weird fantasy.

  — B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

• Brilliant debut fantasy . . . This novel goes off like a firework and suggests even greater things in the author's future.

  — Publishers Weekly, starred review

• This is an exceedingly rich book. A depth of imagination married with a poetic turn of phrase and an engaging cast of characters conspire to deliver an epic story soaring high above the clouds.

  — Fantasy Faction

• Like a blend of Kafka's The Castle and Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, Josiah Bancroft's ambitious first chapter in his The Books of Babel series is an impressive display of imagination and humor.

  — SciFiNow