Senlin Ascends

Thomas Senlin is lost and trapped in the Tower of Babel, looking for his missing newlywed wife. The timid headmaster must become someone else if he's to have any hope of finding her. This is the first book in a quest tale that has its interesting moments, but I found the ascent through the first four rings of Babel exhausting, perhaps because most of the people Senlin meets seem so duplicitous. I don't know if I'll continue reading this series. I'll have to think about it.