Review by mcdonaldchola -- The Hand Bringer
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Review by mcdonaldchola -- The Hand Bringer
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Hand Bringer" by Christopher J. Penington.]
The title of the book is The Hand Bringer. The title captured my attention and I decided to read this book to find out who this hand bringer was. This sci-fi/fantasy novel, written by Christopher J. Penington, tells the story of Peter Hadrian, a Dallas police officer, who mysteriously lost his son and had his wife murdered.
During Peter’s time there is a looming problem of vampirism and people are concerned that this problem might escalate. The US government decides to set up a secret organization known as the Apocalypse Suppression Administration (ASA) to deal with this problem. The solution lies in eliminating a certain powerful vampire by the name of Vlad Dracula from the fifteenth century Romania. ASA requests Peter to go back to medieval Romania to assassinate Vlad Dracula, with the promise of getting back his lost son. Peter and his friend Luke McElroy, both former US marines, agree to carry out the operation. Is this journey, which goes back five centuries, going to help Peter find his lost son? Reading this book will help in answering this question and many others.
The book has 62 chapters which are all titled. The titled chapters made the story easy to follow and I followed the development of the story with a lot of enthusiasm. In the beginning, the book was slow-paced, but the pace picked up later. It became even difficult to put the book aside for a minute as I was always looking forward to knowing what happened next. Particularly, I wanted to know how Peter was connected to the title of the story.
From the way the book is written, one would no doubt tell that the author did a lot of research. He combined his job as a former police officer and his understanding of medieval Romanian history to write this story. Christopher is so full of imagination that he comes up with so many characters and still manages to keep track of each one of them without confusion. He can connect the stories of various characters, together, towards the end of the book so that the reader is not left in suspense.
I like the way Christopher J. Penington gave the backgrounds of Peter, Luke and Bat. For example, Peter was an airborne ranger with a martial arts background and he received the combat infantry badge. This should explain why they managed to endure and survive for so long in those fearsome battles they fought in medieval Romania. However, I have to warn some readers that some scenes are gruesome and involve the spilling and sucking of human blood. Therefore, I suggest that readers who cannot bear to read such content should give this book a skip as they may not find it attractive.
I am recommending The Hand Bringer to those who like reading sci-fi material and enjoy fantasy. The novel has a nice story that I enjoyed reading. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars since it is well-edited with minimum errors.
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The title of the book is The Hand Bringer. The title captured my attention and I decided to read this book to find out who this hand bringer was. This sci-fi/fantasy novel, written by Christopher J. Penington, tells the story of Peter Hadrian, a Dallas police officer, who mysteriously lost his son and had his wife murdered.
During Peter’s time there is a looming problem of vampirism and people are concerned that this problem might escalate. The US government decides to set up a secret organization known as the Apocalypse Suppression Administration (ASA) to deal with this problem. The solution lies in eliminating a certain powerful vampire by the name of Vlad Dracula from the fifteenth century Romania. ASA requests Peter to go back to medieval Romania to assassinate Vlad Dracula, with the promise of getting back his lost son. Peter and his friend Luke McElroy, both former US marines, agree to carry out the operation. Is this journey, which goes back five centuries, going to help Peter find his lost son? Reading this book will help in answering this question and many others.
The book has 62 chapters which are all titled. The titled chapters made the story easy to follow and I followed the development of the story with a lot of enthusiasm. In the beginning, the book was slow-paced, but the pace picked up later. It became even difficult to put the book aside for a minute as I was always looking forward to knowing what happened next. Particularly, I wanted to know how Peter was connected to the title of the story.
From the way the book is written, one would no doubt tell that the author did a lot of research. He combined his job as a former police officer and his understanding of medieval Romanian history to write this story. Christopher is so full of imagination that he comes up with so many characters and still manages to keep track of each one of them without confusion. He can connect the stories of various characters, together, towards the end of the book so that the reader is not left in suspense.
I like the way Christopher J. Penington gave the backgrounds of Peter, Luke and Bat. For example, Peter was an airborne ranger with a martial arts background and he received the combat infantry badge. This should explain why they managed to endure and survive for so long in those fearsome battles they fought in medieval Romania. However, I have to warn some readers that some scenes are gruesome and involve the spilling and sucking of human blood. Therefore, I suggest that readers who cannot bear to read such content should give this book a skip as they may not find it attractive.
I am recommending The Hand Bringer to those who like reading sci-fi material and enjoy fantasy. The novel has a nice story that I enjoyed reading. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars since it is well-edited with minimum errors.
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The Hand Bringer
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