Left Hand of God The Left Hand of God, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Philip1112

Overall I enjoyed this book and am reading and enjoying the 2nd part of the trilogy - 'The Last Four Things' - at the moment. Cons It is a difficult to classify book - it could be set several hundred years in the future or past (probably the past) as it refers to many place names and characters t...

from aadyer

Great beginning, with a feeling of both Gormenghast with your worst monastic experience that you can imagine, which was excellent and broody, rapid deterioration close to the middle of the book, and the last Act was very poor, better buy classic fantasy if you want it, the mystery of the location...

from Gord.Barker

This story takes place at some unspecified time in the past. From some of the references I think around the year 1000 to 1200. The locals who are in power (the Materazzi) have an opinion that to kill any one in anything but armed combat is cowardly and the most advanced weapon mentioned in a stee...

from Arconna

The rise of fantasy has, in my opinion, produced two kinds of cliche-oriented reactions within the publishing spectrum: entertaining, inventive, and/or enjoyably derivative trilogies, and fascinating ideas and worlds mired by barely serviceable prose, lackluster plotting, and/or a general failure...

from dudara

Thomas Cale is a young acolyte in the Sanctuary, home to a order of warrior monks. His life is brutal, cold, hungry and tough. Friends aren't tolerated in the order of the Redeemers and training to wage war is the order of the day. It is clear that Cale is being trained for some special purpose b...