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Blackhand
The universe has ended. Two gods struggle over a remaining fragment of the shattered earth. Caught in the middle of the fight, a banished young prince is transformed into a being who is more than human. Seeking his place upon the flat and broken world, Quintel possesses nearly unlimited power but still must deal with the desires and shortcomings of being human.
- GenresFantasy
416 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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February 22, 2025
An unconventional literary fantasy novel. Well thought out with an unpredictable storyline.
May 25, 2013
To call Blackhand complex would be somewhat of an understatement. The writing, however, is smooth and the descriptions are fantastic. Hiebert uses some great analogies to bring his descriptions to life.
“A captain gave the sign to move and like a huge caterpillar, its body lunging forward in segments, the parade crawled east to meet the god.”
These descriptions, when told from the god’s perspective, really help you visualize what those otherworldly beings are seeing.
The conflict, both internal and external, kept me reading. The second read through is where I really realized the foreshadowing was excellent. I won’t detail anything here, as it would contain far too many spoilers, but I loved stumbling into all the little hints of what’s to come that I initially missed. After the ending, I can only hope there will be a sequel following Blackhand. It’s not a happily ever after, and it’s not really a cliffhanger, but there are questions to be answered by a sequel.
Blood, gore, and some pretty twisted happenings populate the winding story that is Blackhand. It is quite an enjoyable read.
“A captain gave the sign to move and like a huge caterpillar, its body lunging forward in segments, the parade crawled east to meet the god.”
These descriptions, when told from the god’s perspective, really help you visualize what those otherworldly beings are seeing.
The conflict, both internal and external, kept me reading. The second read through is where I really realized the foreshadowing was excellent. I won’t detail anything here, as it would contain far too many spoilers, but I loved stumbling into all the little hints of what’s to come that I initially missed. After the ending, I can only hope there will be a sequel following Blackhand. It’s not a happily ever after, and it’s not really a cliffhanger, but there are questions to be answered by a sequel.
Blood, gore, and some pretty twisted happenings populate the winding story that is Blackhand. It is quite an enjoyable read.
August 10, 2016
I won this book on goodreads giveaway.
I really liked this book because it was different. It is also very.. what's the word... complex. I really loved the story setting of it and the storyline. I believe that the book was really thought out and must of taken forever to write with all the twists and turns and action.
It is definitely great book to read and I would recommend it to other people.
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