![]() Throughout, a nagging worry occupies the back of his mind: will Marya recognize the man he’s become? On the way he will step on the toes of various authority figures and villains, make a few friends and go through many changes. ![]() Senlin must ascend them in the hopes of catching up to Marya. It has an unknown number of ringdoms, more or less sovereign city-states occupying each floor with its own customs, ways of life and dangers. The Tower of Babel is an immense structure rising up to the heavens from what is thought to be the center of the world. Thus begins his long journey to be reunited with Marya and his explorations of the enigmatic Tower. He comes to the Tower of Babel with his new wife, Marya, for their honeymoon, only to be separated mere minutes after they disembark from the train. ![]() We are drawn to it like water to a drain.Ī 2013 Steampunk novel by Josiah Bancroft, initially self-published and later picked up by Orbit Books, Senlin Ascends follows the story of mild-mannered Thomas Senlin, the schoolteacher of a small seaside town. Its immensity, the variety of its ringdoms, its mysterious and luxurious heights are irresistible to all corners. The Tower of Babel is sometimes called the Sink of Humanity. ![]()
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