### Review "Paul Hoffman's newest novel, _The Left Hand Of God_ , certainly delivers the terrible goods. . . .There's gloom aplenty here, but it's tempered by a sly wit, complex characters, and a narrative engine that grinds all objections to dust. . . . [An] epic tale, full of grand passions that
The Last Four Things
โ Scribed by Hoffman, Paul
- Book ID
- 107205008
- Publisher
- Penguin Adult
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Death, Judgement, Heaven and HellThese are the Last Four ThingsNow there are FiveMeet Thomas CaleReturning to the Sanctuary of the Redeemers, Thomas Cale is told by the Lord Militant that the destruction of mankind is necessary; the only way to undo God's greatest mistake.Cale seemingly accepts his role in the ending of the world: fate has painted him as the Left Hand of God, the Angel of Death. Absolute power is within his grasp, the terrifying zeal and military might of the Redeemers a weapon for him to handle as simply as he once used a knife.But perhaps not even the grim power that the Redeemers hold over Cale is enough -- the boy who turns from love to poisonous hatred in a heartbeat, the boy who switches between kindness and sheer violence in the blink of an eye. The annihilation that the Redeemers seek may well be in Cale's hands -- but his soul is far stranger than they could ever know.
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