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The Hexologists, Iz and Warren Wilby, are quite accustomed to helping desperate clients with the bugbears of city life. Aided by hexes and a bag of charmed relics, the Wilbies have recovered children abducted by chimney-wraiths, removed infestations of barb-nosed incubi, and ventured into the Gray Plains of the Unmade to soothe a troubled ghost. Well-acquainted with the weird, they never shy away from a challenging case.

But when they are approached by the royal secretary and told the king pleads to be baked into a cake—going so far as to wedge himself inside a lit oven—the Wilbies soon find themselves embroiled in a mystery that could very well see the nation turned on its head. Their effort to expose a royal secret buried under forty years of lies brings them nose to nose with a violent anti-royalist gang, avaricious ghouls, alchemists who draw their power from a hell-like dimension, and a bookish dragon who only occasionally eats people.

Armed with a love toughened by adversity and a stick of chalk that can conjure light from the darkness, hope from the hopeless, Iz and Warren Wilby are ready for whatever springs from the alleys, graves, and shadows next.

The incredible final book in the word of mouth phenomenon fantasy series that began with Senlin Ascends. "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) As Marat's siege engine bores through the Tower, erupting inside ringdoms and leaving chaos in its wake, Senlin can do nothing but observe the mayhem from inside the belly of the beast. Caught in a charade, Senlin desperately tries to sabotage the rampaging Hod King, even as Marat's objective grows increasingly clear. The leader of the zealots is bound for the…

В поисках пропавшей жены Томас Сенлин успел побыть актером, авантюристом, капитаном порта и пиратом, а теперь он шпион самого Сфинкса. Сенлин отправляется в удел Пелфия с заданием выяснить, кто же в этой обители гуляк и модников ведет деятельность, тщательно сокрытую от механических глаз и ушей хозяина Вавилонской башни. Но ход расследования нарушается из-за случайного убийства и неожиданного воссоединения. Жизнь и свобода Сенлина снова в опасности, его старые и новые друзья — в самой гуще стремительных и грозных событий, а над уделом, башней и всем миром сгущаются тучи.

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Вавилонская башня — величайшее из чудес света. Это огромный как гора слоеный пирог из воинственных и мирных уделов; это мир гениев и тиранов, воздушных кораблей и паровых двигателей, диковинных животных и таинственных механизмов. Всю жизнь проживший в сельской глуши Том Сенлин убежден, что Вавилонская башня — сердце цивилизации, средоточие всего самого лучшего и возвышенного. Вместе с молодой женой он отправляется туда в свадебное путешествие — и теряет ее в толпе на городском рынке. Потратив два дня на бесплодные поиски, Том решает войти в башню — вероятнее всего, жена уже ждет его внутри. И попадает в дьявольский лабиринт, нисколько не…

Пройдя три уровня Вавилонской башни, этого дьявольского лабиринта, полного обмана, пороков и всевозможных опасностей, Томас Сенлин вырвался на свободу, но так и не вернул потерянную жену. Он вынужден стать пиратом, чтобы выжить на борту украденного воздушного корабля и продолжить поиски. Превратности судьбы вынуждают Сенлина обратиться за помощью к главной легенде многоярусного мира, к таинственному Сфинксу, чьей печатью отмечены многие чудеса. Но Сфинкс ничего не делает даром, а в Вавилонской башне крайне опасно быть у кого-то в долгу.

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Fearing an uprising, the Sphinx sends Senlin to investigate a plot that has taken hold in the ringdom of Pelphia. Alone in the city, Senlin infiltrates a bloody arena where hods battle for the public's entertainment. But his investigation is quickly derailed by a gruesome crime and an unexpected reunion.
Posing as a noble lady and her handmaid, Voleta and Iren attempt to reach Marya, who is isolated by her fame. While navigating the court, Voleta attracts the unwanted attention of a powerful prince whose pursuit of her threatens their plan.
Edith, now captain of the Sphinx's fierce flagship, joins forces with a fellow wakeman to investigate the disappearance of a beloved friend. She must decide who to trust as her desperate search brings her nearer to the Black Trail where the hods climb in darkness and whisper of the Hod King.
As Senlin and his crew become further dragged in to the conspiracies of the Tower, everything falls to one question: Who is The Hod King?

Вавилонская башня — величайшее из чудес света. Это огромный как гора слоеный пирог из воинственных и мирных уделов; это мир гениев и тиранов, воздушных кораблей и паровых двигателей, диковинных животных и таинственных механизмов. Всю жизнь проживший в сельской глуши Том Сенлин убежден, что Вавилонская башня — сердце цивилизации, средоточие всего самого лучшего и возвышенного. Вместе с молодой женой он отправляется туда в свадебное путешествие — и теряет ее в толпе на городском рынке. Потратив два дня на бесплодные поиски, Том решает войти в башню — вероятнее всего, жена уже ждет его внутри. И попадает в дьявольский лабиринт, нисколько…

The first book in the stunning and strange debut fantasy series that's receiving major praise from some of fantasy's biggest authors such as Mark Lawrence and Django Wexler. The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of airships and steam engines, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife,…

The Tower of Babel is proving to be as difficult to reenter as it was to break out of. Forced into a life of piracy, Senlin and his eclectic crew are struggling to survive aboard their stolen airship as the hunt to rescue Senlin's lost wife continues.

Hopeless and desolate, they turn to a legend of the Tower, the mysterious Sphinx. But help from the Sphinx never comes cheaply, and as Senlin knows, debts aren't always what they seem in the Tower of Babel.

Time is running out, and now Senlin must choose between his friends, his freedom, and his wife.

Does anyone truly escape the Tower?

Senlin, a mild-mannered school teacher, is drawn to the Tower of Babel by the grandiose promises of a guidebook. The ancient and immense Tower seems the perfect destination for a honeymoon. But soon after arriving, Senlin loses his young wife, Marya, in the crowd. Senlin’s search for Marya carries him through slums and theaters, prisons and ballrooms. He must survive betrayal, assassination, and the long guns of a flying fortress. But if he hopes to find Marya, Senlin will have to do more than survive. This quiet man of letters must become a man of action.