Ascension: The gripping new speculative time travel thriller of 2023

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Aún así, a medida que aumentan los peligros, el misterio de la montaña los obliga a llegar a su cima, donde están seguros de que encontrarán sus respuestas. Years later, his brother finds a collection of journals and unsent letters he composed, chronicling the events on the mountain as they unfolded. Will these letters finally bring closure as to what happened, or perhaps offer more questions than answers instead. This book follows Harold, who as part of an exploratory team is investigating the mysterious appearance of a gigantic mountain in the middle of the ocean. The story is told in the form of letters to his Niece, in which Harold has described his extraordinary experiences, thoughts and outlined the slow agonizing unravelling of his mind.

Ascension is a thrill ride of a novel that kept me reading well past my bedtime.”— Michael Mammay, author of the Planetside series Deja vu’s are seemingly coming to life, there are anomalies, contemplations on religion and a a mysterious ex wife Naoko Tanaka. I was very excited to get my hands on this ARC because Nicholas Binge’s debut, Professor Everywhere, is one of my favorite books. While Ascension is not a favorite, I did enjoy it quite a bit. It gave me strong Jeff VanderMeer Annihilation vibes and that book is also one of my favorites. In Ascension, we have a group of soldiers and experts-a biologist, physicist, chemist, geologist, and anthropologist-exploring this mountain that literally popped out of thin air. Along the way they experience some strange anomalies that are both alarming and exciting. It’s truly mind-bending and several unexpected things happen. It definitely took a direction I was not expecting. My only gripe is that it felt like there were too many ideas and things happening. While it all comes together at the end, it still felt a bit too much. Contiene su dosis de misterio, duda y tensión. Entre otros diversos menesteres. Está muy bien escrito. Yo diría que perfecto y adecuado para la historia que ofrece. Tanto en el estilo como en el ritmo y personajes. El final es algo más lento o denso.Literary nightmare fodder like Scott Smith's The Ruins and Jeff Vandermeer's Annihilation” — Entertainment Weekly, ‘Spring 2023 Book Preview: 15 titles to shake off the winter blues’ Nobody spoke. Words felt insufficient, out of place. In the face of its magnitude, simile and metaphor felt ridiculous. This mountain - it rejects language. It renders it impotent. All that exists in its place is utter disbelief, and almost religious awe.'

ASCENSION delivers…. Gripping and intriguing.” — Daily Mail, ‘New Year, New Reads: Novels To Devour In 2023’ La trama sigue la línea de En las montañas de la locura hasta más o menos la mitad de la novela, cuando se desvía del clásico de Lovecraft para contar su propia historia. Ascience fiction mystery that uses a classical concept, but with a beating heart. Both the science and the suspense are perfection, all held together by a robust emotional core. I enjoyed it immensely.” —Tade Thompson, award-winning author of Rosewater and Far from the Light of Heaven The epistolary format is not my favorite, I tend to avoid it, but it worked here to a degree. I don’t think it was entirely necessary to be told that way but I suppose it added to the overall mystery. Overall, this is a complex sci-fi mystery that will have you questioning reality from the start. It’s suspenseful, gripping, and intricate. Thrilling. . .full of exploration and intriguing thoughts about the true nature of life on Earth. . .An exciting story where the undiscovered wonders of Earth prove as exciting as those out in the galaxy.” — Library JournalASCENSION is a fantastic blend of so many different sub-genres that I adore. There are elements of science-fiction, horror, techno-thriller, and weird fiction, just to name the most prominent ones that come to mind. The completely fascinating story of a mysterious mountain that appears in the ocean seemingly out of nowhere is one that you can't help but get caught up in. And having the expedition to explore it told in a series of letters is such a cool way of experiencing the enigmatic find through the eyes of the person witnessing it for the first time. Why I should’ve abandoned ship by the second chapter: I know some people explicitly like it, but in my opinion the epistolary format simply does not work in 90% of cases. Here in this case the choice to go for a second person/ letter perspective is downright egregious.

Yet another debut novel whose author shows promise by engaging the reader with one of the most unique, mystifying and unusual plots in publishing. A genre bending story that evolves like life itself. This book has the greatest mystery of them all. How has a mountain suddenly appeared in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? Where has it come from?A cross between Journey to the Center of the Earth and Heart of Darkness. . . An entertaining SF thriller." —Kirkus El tiempo es importante en la trama, y juega en contra de aquellos que buscan conocer y saber. CF muy particular.

None of this was helped by the fact that "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus came into my head at the start of the ascension and the more I read, the more the book seemed to parody the lyrics. Otro consejo es que leáis con atención y que no tengáis reparos en releer párrafos, ya que hay conceptos algo complicados de entender.

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Ascension is a beautifully written piece of weird fiction with literary pretensions (well deserved), some sci-fi elements and some horror that is told from the perspective of Harold Turnmore as a series of post hoc letters to his niece after the fact of events several decades later. The book is absolutely brilliant! Lo primero que quiero decir es que si queréis leer la novela, leed primero el relato de Lovecraft, creo que se disfruta más de esa forma y se captan todas las referencias. Yet the in-person dialogue is no better… From characters insisting they be called “the Warden” (spoken in a stern tone and with a stone-faced expression, mind you), and nobody thinking that’s a bit weird, to little gems like this one: Sinceramente, no le puedo poner ninguna pega porque ha sido mi tipo de lectura por completo 📖 me ha dado todo lo que yo busco en uno de mis géneros favoritos 🌌y con un tributo tan bueno de mi escritor favorito ✨ de mis mejores lecturas del año 📚