The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins is basically telling the tale of the passage of power from one essentially omnipotent being to his successor. Carolyn was taken in at the death of her parents and raised by a man she, and the other children like her, called Father. Father named himself a librarian but the contents of his library spoke of and granted power. As the story starts Father is missing, presumed dead and the machinations of his potential heirs are getting under way. The book is difficult to get into because it is incredibly, graphically violent. Father’s methods of training his children quite literally include torture and death (mastering healing to the point of resurrection is in the library). After a while the violence either died down or I began overlooking it as the rather complicated plot unfolded and succeed in capturing my interest. Recommended for those who can stomach casual violence and enjoy and intricate, time bending plot.
