Review by Ekta Swarnkar -- The Hand Bringer

[Ekta Swarnkar]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Hand Bringer" by Christopher J. Penington.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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History is a mysterious place, for the things that are found are incredible and those that are hidden are claimed to be unbelievably incredible.

Nearly around 500 years ago a war was fought between two species to prove one's dominance over the other. That was the great war between god worshippers and evil followers. Peter Hadrian, a great knight from the human side is living in the present world with a confusion of what to choose first, death or lifetime misery of losing his wife and child. Peter is a police officer. Destiny took him 500 years back in history to fight for the protection of the human race. A good cause, although he agrees for the mission only to find out what had happened to his child that night. Peter realized that the choice was never his. History has an important role for him. Who would have won the war? Whom does he meet in there? What was the cause of his son's mysterious death?

The Hand Bringer is a great historical fiction novel authored by Christopher J. Penington. This very intricately written story is full of twists and surprises. It has an ancient war based theme. The story begins with a lot of questions unanswered but with the flow of it, they were retorted with relevant connections. I found that the story was detailed and the characters were interconnected to each other and with the past events of their lives. The book has 387 pages.

The author did not fail to impress me with his characters. Each character had a unique personality. Hadrian is an angry young man. His main traits were optimism and strategic planning. Boriana is a flawless beauty being a major contributor in deciding Peter's destiny. Luke is a funny character, he was the reason for humor is the story. I think the characters and the storyline were the strengths.

The language used is common English. However, at places, a change in language is observed to differentiate two time zones. In fact, a character was given a different accent to show his personality. I liked it as a reader that we have things to distinguish. I also noticed that for some foreign texts, the author cared to put their meaning in the English language. Very generously the writer impressed me with his writing style. Furthermore, the text involved a constant appearance of profane words and a little less occurrence of eroticism. Additionally, I found the book professionally edited despite the fact that it had only one punctuation mark missing. It might be a general mistake.

I recommend this extremely detailed classic work to those readers who like to read fiction stories with unnatural creatures. I believe that the readers of nonfiction may not like reading it.

I rate the book 4 out of 4 stars. It has no flaws according to me. I enjoyed reading it so much.

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[Faithmwangi]

The element of time travel sounds intriguing. It also seems Peter had some tough decisions to make. Thanks for the review.

[Ekta Swarnkar]

The element of time travel sounds intriguing. It also seems Peter had some tough decisions to make. Thanks for the review.

Yes, he faces many things without knowing. Thanks for the comment.