Description
THE GRIPPING NEW ADVENTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE LEFT HAND OF GOD SERIES
Welcome those of you from the Old World. Welcome to the New.
Mankind's most reluctant hero - Thomas Cale - is back.
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Thomas Cale has been running from his enemies. Believing him to be the incarnation of God's rage, the world's most violent religious sect trained him to destroy His greatest mistake. Mankind itself.
But Cale has other ideas.
Cale is a paradox: arrogant and innocent, generous and pitiless. Feared and revered by those that created him, he has already used his terrifying talent for violence and destruction to bring down the most powerful civilization in the world.
But having fled to America, Thomas Cale has been caught. He has been given a choice. Murder the American president - the father of that fragile democracy and the the best hope for ending slavery - or
be handed over for execution himself.
The survival of rule by the people, and the right of millions not to be owned by others, rests on Cale's decision . . .
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Praise for Paul Hoffman:
'Fiction on a grand and ambitious scale' Daily Telegraph
'Brooding and magnificent' Eoin Colfer
'Exhilaratingly engaging writing' Spectator
'Gripped me from the first chapter' Conn Iggulden
'A riveting, powerful tale' Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Paul Hoffman is the author of three previous novels, The Last Four Things (2011), The Left Hand of God (2010), The Beating of His Wings (2013), The Golden Age of Censorship (2007), a black comedy based on his experiences as a film censor and The Wisdom of Crocodiles (2000), which predicted the collapse of the world financial system.
Reviews
Praise for Paul Hoffman * - *
Exhilaratingly engaging writing, imbued with zest and intelligence * Spectator *
Brooding and magnificent. Hoffman has created a terrifying world and fitted it with strange and complex characters -- Eoin Colfer
Gripped me from the first chapter and then dropped me days later, dazed and grinning to myself -- Conn Iggulden
A riveting, powerful tale, with irresistible characters, humor and a brilliantly imagined world * Publishers Weekly *
This is fiction on a grand and ambitious scale. Inspires sensations of terror, nausea, bemusement and exhilaration * Daily Telegraph *
Book Information
ISBN 9780718185848
Author Paul Hoffman
Format Hardback
Page Count 512
Imprint Michael Joseph Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 760g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 162mm * 44mm
