In Scott Hawkins' darkly inventive debut, 'The Library at Mount Char,' Carolyn and her adopted siblings, who were taken in by the enigmatic Father after their parents' deaths, have been reared in seclusion. Trained in Father's arcane arcanum within the depths of his vast Library, they possess otherworldly abilities. Yet, with Father missing, the siblings must navigate a treacherous path to control potent secrets that govern reality. Desperate to claim these forces and facing foes of immense power, Carolyn's strategems are tested. But as she moves closer to divinity, her humanity wanes, placing at risk the very essence that makes her who she is in a world where the distinction between god and monster blurs.