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| Title | : | The Left Hand of God (The Left Hand of God #1) |
| Author | : | Paul Hoffman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 436 pages |
| Published | : | January 7th 2010 by Michael Joseph |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
Paul Hoffman
Hardcover | Pages: 436 pages Rating: 3.66 | 15980 Users | 1230 Reviews
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“Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary.” The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a vast and desolate place—a place without joy or hope. Most of its occupants were taken there as boys and for years have endured the brutal regime of the Lord Redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one singular purpose—to serve in the name of the One True Faith. In one of the Sanctuary’s vast and twisting maze of corridors stands a boy. He is perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old—he is not sure and neither is anyone else. He has long-forgotten his real name, but now they call him Thomas Cale. He is strange and secretive, witty and charming, violent and profoundly bloody-minded. He is so used to the cruelty that he seems immune, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he will have to leave this place, or die. His only hope of survival is to escape across the arid Scablands to Memphis, a city the opposite of the Sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful, infinitely Godless, and deeply corrupt. But the Redeemers want Cale back at any price... not because of the secret he now knows but because of a much more terrifying secret he does not.Particularize Books As The Left Hand of God (The Left Hand of God #1)
| Original Title: | The Left Hand of God |
| ISBN: | 0718155181 (ISBN13: 9780718155186) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Left Hand of God #1 |
| Characters: | Thomas Cale, Vague Henri, Kleist |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2010) |
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Ratings: 3.66 From 15980 Users | 1230 ReviewsJudge Of Books The Left Hand of God (The Left Hand of God #1)
2.75 starsI wasnt sure if this book was a joke. Im still not. Hoffmans early publications are both non-fiction, and his first fiction work is filled with enough cliché, anachronisms and just general bad writing to make me wonder if I missed the punch line.The first hurdle is the Point of View. Hoffman chooses an omniscient narrator to tell our story Listen. He tells us as he launches into prose which cant decide between attempted poetry, lower-class plain speak or comradely story-sharing. The narration
Surely this book goes to my list of favorite books.
The Left Hand of God is set in some unspecified place, possibly around the year 1000, perhaps in an alternative world but from a common history. In this world a fanatical religious group has established a fortress, The Sanctuary, from which it wages a war against the sinful and depraved world at large. A fortress in the sense that it a stronghold, but stronghold to keep its adherents in rather than keep invaders out, for no one would willing want to go there. Within The Sanctuary the Lord
I don't think I've been so disappointed in a long time. I'm not sure what I expected and I do appear to be in the minority - this gets good ratings from other readers. But I really didn't get on with it. At all. I finished it only because it was easy reading and I was too busy at work to fish it out of my handbag and go pick something else off the shelf. And I resented that the whole way through, clearly.All the reasons this book wound me up
Something for the weekend, sir? A book, perhaps? The first in a trilogy? Ah, thank you, my good man. I see that the cover shows a hooded man wielding swords. Should I therefore assume that the hero is an enigmatic young warrior-monk, brought up in a isolated sanctuary where he was beaten regularly while being taught the arts of war? And should I also assume that he escapes from this terrible place to find excitement and adventure beyond its grim walls? Indeed. Sir is most perspicacious. And
4 StarsI am giving the book an overall 3 stars as I enjoyed it a great deal more the second time through. This is a flawed first novel, make no mistake about it. It suffers in pacing, in structure, and even in point of view. That being said, the roots of a great author and great story are easily visible through.Hoffman has created a very dark and dirty world. Fantasist's rule most of this world and this novel. Our young protagonist Thomas Cale is an "Odd" sort of a different type. Without
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