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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

Critic reviews

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
Most relevant
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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Being enthralled by the first 3 books it is no surprise that any additional tales are greatly welcome. it could have been poorly written and conceived, however, it was neither. The story poses many questions of behaviourism, bobo dolls and the like, but, this aside, it was that most surprising of things, a rattling good story that left me wondering where it will lead next. A warning though, the story very nearly had the trappings of wokeism, a poison so powerful it would kill my future purchases, yet it diverted itself away from this most fatal of traps.

More to come?

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