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Hollow

by Brian Catling
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From the acclaimed author of the Vorrh Trilogy comes an epic odyssey following a group of mercenaries hired to escort a divine oracle on a long journey amidst a war between the living and the dead.
Sheltering beneath Das Kagel, the cloud-scraping structure rumored to be the Tower of Babel, the sacred Monastery of the Eastern Gate descends into bedlam. Their ancient oracle, Quite Testiyont—whose prophesies helped protect the church—has died, leaving the monks vulnerable to the war raging between the living and the dead. Tasked by the High Church to deliver a new oracle, Barry Follett and his group of hired mercenaries are forced to confront wicked giants and dangerous sirens on their mission, keeping the divine creature alive by feeding it marrow and confessing their darkest sins.
But as Follett and his men carve their way through the treacherous landscape, the world around them spirals deeper into chaos. Dominic, a young monk who has mysteriously lost his voice, makes a pilgrimage to see surreal paintings, believing they reveal the empire's fate; a local woman called Mad Meg hopes to free and vindicate her jailed son and becomes the leader of the most unexpected revolution; and the abbott of the monastery, influential as he is, seeks to gain even more power in this world and the next.
 
Rich with action and fantastic creatures, Hollow ushers the reader through a world of ruin where holy secrets are unearthed, art mirrors life through a glass darkly, and death looms over everything. It is B. Catling's most accomplished and gripping tale yet.
 
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    June 1, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9780593081167

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      • ISBN: 9780593081167
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    • English

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    • Booklist

      May 1, 2021
      The Hollow is the Gland of Mercy, a landscape of war between the living and the dead, guarded by the Monastery of the Eastern Gate. This tale occurs during Carnival and must end by Lent, lest chaos become permanent. Barry Follett and his band of mercenaries are bringing a new oracle to the monastery, traveling over Das Kagel, which was once the Tower of Babel. They feed the oracle on bones steeped in confessions of their worst crimes, and as they travel, they are beset by monsters beguiling and terrible. Abbot Clementine insists the monastery's old oracle is dead, but there are whispers still coming from the Cyst, the oracles' now-empty anchorite cell. It is said that the painter Jheronimus van Aken cataloged many of these beings, and Friar Benedict demands permission from the abbot to view these works himself. A woman named Meg, seeking to free her jailed son, finds herself the keeper of creatures named by her friend who is burned as a witch. This interesting and occasionally unsettling read shines with an atmosphere and imagery straight out of Bosch and Bruegel.

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