The novel “Ascension” by Nicholas Binge was published for the first time in 2023.

When Ben Tunmore discovers that his brother Harold is still alive and locked up in a mental institution after disappearing and being presumed dead for many years, he’s determined to understand what happened to him. However, getting answers from someone who only speaks seemingly nonsense is difficult. Harold’s suicide leaves Ben and his remaining relatives devastated.

Ben Tunmore discovers a series of letters written by Harold and addressed to Harriet, Ben’s daughter, whom he loved. What he recounts in those letters often seems nonsensical, the product of a sick mind inventing absurd conspiracies. Ben decides to make the contents of those letters public so that anyone who reads them can decide if the events Harold recounted during a secret expedition to a mountain that appeared in the Pacific Ocean actually occurred.