The Left Hand of God Audiobook (Free)
- Sean Barrett
- 12 h 28 min
- Penguin Books LTD
- 2010-01-07
Summary:
The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman is the gripping first instalment in an extraordinary trilogy.
“Pay attention. The Sanctuary from the Redeemers on Shotover Scarp is known as after a damned lay for there is no redemption that continues on there and less sanctuary.”
The Sanctuary from the Redeemers is a huge and desolate place – a location without joy or hope. Most of its occupants were taken generally there as young boys and for a long time have endured the brutal routine of the Lord Redeemers whose cruelty and assault have got one about The Remaining Hands of God singular purpose – to provide in the name of the main 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 uncertain and neither can be other people. He has long-forgotten his real name, however now they call him Thomas Cale. He is unusual and secretive, witty and charming, violent and profoundly bloody-minded. He is so used to the cruelty that he seems immune, but shortly he will open up the incorrect door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he’ll have to keep this place, or expire.
His only wish of survival is to flee across the arid Scablands to Memphis, a city the opposite of the Sanctuary atlanta divorce attorneys method: breathtakingly beautiful, infinitely Godless, and deeply corrupt.
However the Redeemers wish Cale back again at any cost… not due to the secret he now knows but due to a much more terrifying key he does not.
The Left Hands of God is a must read. It’s the first instalment inside a gripping trilogy by Paul Hoffman. Envision if Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials fulfilled Umberto Eco’s Name from the Rose. Followers of epic heroic fiction will love this series.
Praise for Paul Hoffman:
‘This book gripped me from the first chapter and then decreased me days later, dazed and grinning to myself’ Conn Iggulden
‘Tremendous momentum’ Daily Telegraph
‘A cult vintage .’ Daily Express
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