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The White Devil

The gripping adventure for fans of The Man in the High Castle

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The White Devil

By: Paul Hoffman
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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Thomas Cale has been running from his enemies. Raised and trained in an underground programme - the Sanctuary - he was sent to destroy God's greatest mistake, mankind itself.

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 civilisation in the world.

But Thomas Cale has been caught. He's been given a choice. Bring down the world's best hope for order, for honesty and for progress, or condemn his soul to hell.

The fate of humankind rests on Cale's decision.

© Paul Hoffman 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

 Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical Science Fiction
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Praise for Paul Hoffman
Exhilaratingly engaging writing, imbued with zest and intelligence
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
This is fiction on a grand and ambitious scale. Inspires sensations of terror, nausea, bemusement and exhilaration
All stars
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Great book if you don’t mind and anti hero or except reality delivered in fiction.. an intelligent alternate past or future who knows..
enter into it with no expectations if you listened to the previous books don’t like to put words into an authors thoughts but I would hate to be stuck in his head

Dark dark cosmic accident

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Wasn't sure at first but found myself enjoying the alternative world with both familiar and different timeliness and events. TC remains an excellent character.

Enjoyed the transposed world

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If you really liked The Left Hand of God, and maybe wondered what happened to him, you’ll stand a very good chance of absolutely loving this! IMHO even funnier, sadder and more thought-provoking than the originals.

A truly fantastic follow up to the Left Hand of God trilogy

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I have listened to all of Paul Hoffman’s books and this one is so worth the wait!! Thoroughly entertaining it is so full with rich characters that if you’re not used to audio books you would need to listen to it a couple of times. As the characters have been so well developed in the 20year span between the 3rd book and the 4th. With old stories twisting in between the new ones a whole new universe is born! Truly brilliant! Sean’s accents are excellent as well delivering the story just right. Definitely a work of fictional art - excellent gift especially for the macabre ones!!

My favourite out of the Four!

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The original trilogy were among the first audio books I listened to, having now been through 100’s, I revisited the series at the start of the year to see if they still ranked among my favourites with so many more to compare them to. After completing them, finding that I still love the writing and the narration and rank the series as highly as anything I have read or heard, I was amazed to find that a new book had been made and continued the story of Thomas Cale.

Initially I wasn’t sure if I liked the change of pace and setting but as the characters grew on me, and the anticipation of the big secret reveal started to build I found I enjoyed this as much as the rest of the tales of Cale. Paul Hoffman is such a great writer, I would read anything he produces in the future. The way the style of his writing changes so much for this book, but I find it equally enjoyable as his original three books is almost unique to me. The only authors I have enjoyed so much, that are capable of changing their literary style in this way are Joe Abercrombie and Stephen King. I can’t this recommend audiobook enough.

Sean Barrett is simply my favourite audiobook narrator.

Stop reading these reviews, if you have not already listened to or read the Left Hand of God Trilogy, do so now. If, you enjoyed those, this is just as great and fresh as they were at the time of release. Don’t start with the “White Devil”, you will be lost and if you haven’t read the original books for sometime I would revisit them before starting this or some of the context that makes this book so great will be missed, if your memory is as crappy as mine.

Either way please purchase so Paul will continue to write and I can continue to enjoy his work.

Excellent in every way

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