Biblioteka na Górze Opiec by Scott Hawkins

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In a retrospective review of 'weird books', Victoria Schwab of NPR called the book 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'.

The Dallas Morning News praised Hawkins' writing, particularly the dialogue, but criticized the book's ending, concluding that the book was 'a thrill ride that ends with a chore'. The Boston Globe called it 'an engrossing fantasy world full of supernatural beings and gruesome consequences'. The Wall Street Journal described it as 'wholly original…the work of the newest major talent in fantasy'.

Reviews of the novel were generally positive by major media sources and critics. Carolyn, with the assistance of Michael and Erwin, will protect the Earth from Father's inhuman foes. David, in between life and death, and in agony, serves as Earth's new, dark sun, but Steve voluntarily replaces him. Father had also planned for Carolyn to depose him. Thanks in part to the intervention of Erwin (which Carolyn had planned), she bests him.Ĭarolyn and Steve, it transpires, had known each other as children. Carolyn, who had killed Father, fights David. The US government, on the President's orders, attack the family and kill most of them. He'll have assistance of the lions Dresden and his female cub Naga, now allies of the family.Īfter many misadventures, and the death of Dresden, Steve retrieves the artifacts. Carolyn phones the US President in order to drop all charges against Steve and sends the man himself to retrieve the mystical barrier. Steve had gone to jail for the murder Carolyn committed. Father has vanished, perhaps killed by one of his enemies.Įrwin Leffington, a former war hero employed by the US government, has come to prison to interview Steve Hodgson (now alive once more). Michael speaks with animals and Carolyn herself knows many languages, many of them supernatural. Jennifer had healing skills and can resurrect the dead. Hodgson dies, betrayed by Carolyn.Ī metaphysical security device from Earth's future prevents them from entering the library.

Unknown to him, she wanted to conceal evidence of a murder committed by her. Carolyn employs Steve Hodgson, a goodhearted former minor league housebreaker to break into a house for her. All have strange powers, learned from books held in Father's library. Plot summaryĬarolyn had lived with eleven 'siblings' under the care of a millennia-old and godlike man known to them as Father (also known as Ablakha or Adam Black), prone to acts of sadistic cruelty.

The Library at Mount Char is a contemporary fantasy/horror novel written by Scott Hawkins.

Biblioteka na Górze Opiec by Scott Hawkins