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The Library at Mount Char

A cult classic dark fantasy full of mystery and plot twists

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The Library at Mount Char

Written by: Scott Hawkins
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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Read by AudioFile Golden Voice and award-winning narrator, Hillary Huber.

A mysterious library holds the secrets to the universe . . .


Carolyn knows she’s a little bit . . . odd. But that's only natural when she’s spent her life locked away in an infinite Library, forced to study at the feet of the man who might be God.

Now, Father is missing – perhaps dead – and the Library stands unguarded. And with it, control over all creation. As Carolyn prepares for a battle to control the Library, fierce competitors align against her, all of them with powers that exceed her own.

But Carolyn has accounted for this. And Carolyn has a plan. But can she retain the things that make her human?

Brilliantly plotted, darkly funny, and truly epic in scope, The Library at Mount Char is the acclaimed fantasy debut and word-of-mouth cult sensation by Scott Hawkins.

Now available for the first time in digital audio in the UK, Mount Char signals the return of a major voice in fantasy.
Don't miss Blacktail, the long-awaited second novel, over a decade in the making.

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‘Wholly original' – The Wall Street Journal

‘Morbid and action-packed and existential and utterly resistant to categorization’ – V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The Library at Mount Char is a brilliant masterwork. A modern The Stand. It's one of the best books I've ever read' – Sarah Langan, author of Trad Wife

Contemporary Dark Fantasy Fantasy Paranormal & Urban
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An ambitious and perplexing debut that sits somewhere on the border of thriller and speculative fiction, morbid and action-packed and existential and utterly resistant to categorization (V. E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil)
The Library at Mount Char is a brilliant masterwork. A modern The Stand. It's one of the best books I've ever read (Sarah Langan, author of Trad Wife and Good Neighbours)
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)
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 (Jason Pargin, New York Times bestselling author of John Dies at the End)
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 Reviews (starred review))
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 review))
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