The left hand of God

by Paul Hoffman

436 pages

English language

Published April 17, 2010 by Michael Joseph.

ISBN:: 978-0-7181-5518-6
OCLC Number:: 440117893

(11 reviews)

The Sanctuary of the Redeemers: vast, desolate, hopeless. Where children endure brutal cruelty and violence in the name of the One True Faith.

Lost in the Sanctuary's huge maze of corridors is a boy: his age uncertain, his real name unknown. They call him Cale. He is strange and secretive, witty and charming - and violent. But when he opens the wrong door at the wrong time he witnesses an act so horrible he must flee, or die.

The Redeemers will go to any lengths to get Cale back. Not because of the secret he has discovered. But because of a more terrifying secret that lies undiscovered in himself.

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David Hughes reviewed The left hand of God by Paul Hoffman

All over the place

2 stars

Starts off well but declines precipitously once our merry band leave the Sanctuary. The world-building is inconsistent as is the narrative voice as is the writing, the pacing... Here's a question: you have your wunderkind draw up a battle plan for defeating an enemy city. Before you can execute the plan, the wonder child runs off to the enemy city: do you proceed with your battle plan or draw up a new one? I mean, come on! Perhaps I'll read the next one; purely to see if the author reveals what Cale found in Lena's stomach.