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The world is divided into those who have read JRR Tolkien and Philip Pullman and those who havent. Among the ones who have are writers who have spawned a whole load of fantasy fiction that borrows from The Lord of the Rings and His Dark Materials,only to add new and improved horrors. In American writer Paul Hoffmans first fantasy novel,The Left Hand of God Penguin,Rs 499 the darkness is located in the Sanctuary of Redeemers,a prison for young boys. Theyre looked after,or not,by the Lord Redeemers who are preparing the boys for a war against the Antagonists. Our protagonist,young Thomas Cale accidentally witnesses the Lord of Discipline torturing a young girl. The Lord spots him and to save himself from punishment,Cale kills him. Hes on the run and the book follows him to an imaginary city. The 437-page book will either scare you or make you chuckle.
Speaking of running,in the start of Jon Stocks Dead Spy Running HarperCollins,Rs 250,Daniel Marchant,a suspended MI6 agent is participating in the London marathon. Running alongside is Pradeep,a man strapped with explosives,and a detonator that will go off if he drops his speed. The man is from India and,perhaps,so is the terror plot. Marchant then travels to Delhi with a fellow spy Leila.
