The Left Hand of God is the stunning first instalment in a most remarkable trilogy... this is a phenomenon in the making, a truly remarkable novel which will captivate a global readership.

For fans of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials and Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose

No one knows their way around all of the Sanctuary, so vast and twisting is its maze of corridors – corridors filled with the stench of centuries old religious fervour.

Standing in one of these corridors is a boy, looking out of a dark window, looking out at the latest unfortunate arrivals to this hell. He is perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old – he is not sure and neither is anyone else. He has long-forgotten his real name, but now they call him Cale. He doesn't remember anything of his former life. He doesn't know anything of his future life…

Meet the Angel of Death.