The Book of Koli
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The first in a masterful new trilogy from acclaimed author M. R. Carey, The Book of Koli begins the story of a young boy on a journey through a strange and deadly world of our making. Everything that lives hates us... Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognizable landscape. A place where overgrown forests are filled with choker trees and deadly seeds that will kill you where you stand. And if they don't get you, one of the dangerous shunned men will. Koli has lived in Mythen Rood his entire life. He believes the first rule of survival is that you don't venture too far beyond the walls. He's wrong. "A captivating start to what promises to be an epic post-apocalyptic fable." —Kirkus
"Enthralling...Koli embarks upon a journey as perilous as it is enlightening." —Guardian
"The best thing I've read in a long time. I loved it." —Joanne Harris
"Carey hefts astonishing storytelling power with plainspoken language, heartbreaking choices, and sincerity like an arrow to the heart." —Locus
Look out for the next novels in the trilogy: The Trials of Koli and The Fall of Koli
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It took a while for the story to pick up the pace. The winning points are the narrators - an illiterate boy and a self-conscious AI in a media player. It's new and intriguing. It's not as fast paced as advertised on the cover. The reader spends a lot of time in Kolis head with his slow thinking. I got impatient by the end, wanting things to finally escalate and move onto a grander scale, which they do. The end leaves the reader with a journey that has just begun. Impossible not to pick up the sequel.
Description
The first in a masterful new trilogy from acclaimed author M. R. Carey, The Book of Koli begins the story of a young boy on a journey through a strange and deadly world of our making. Everything that lives hates us... Beyond the walls of the small village of Mythen Rood lies an unrecognizable landscape. A place where overgrown forests are filled with choker trees and deadly seeds that will kill you where you stand. And if they don't get you, one of the dangerous shunned men will. Koli has lived in Mythen Rood his entire life. He believes the first rule of survival is that you don't venture too far beyond the walls. He's wrong. "A captivating start to what promises to be an epic post-apocalyptic fable." —Kirkus
"Enthralling...Koli embarks upon a journey as perilous as it is enlightening." —Guardian
"The best thing I've read in a long time. I loved it." —Joanne Harris
"Carey hefts astonishing storytelling power with plainspoken language, heartbreaking choices, and sincerity like an arrow to the heart." —Locus
Look out for the next novels in the trilogy: The Trials of Koli and The Fall of Koli
Book Information
Posts
It took a while for the story to pick up the pace. The winning points are the narrators - an illiterate boy and a self-conscious AI in a media player. It's new and intriguing. It's not as fast paced as advertised on the cover. The reader spends a lot of time in Kolis head with his slow thinking. I got impatient by the end, wanting things to finally escalate and move onto a grander scale, which they do. The end leaves the reader with a journey that has just begun. Impossible not to pick up the sequel.