The Hands of Ruin: Book One

by Dylan Lee Peters

In a lakeside village amid the forests of Ferren, a young girl has been disfigured by a dark and mysterious presence. Only zul masters-those who use a mystical red dust called zulis-have the skill to vanquish such nightmares, and so now a master must be chosen.

On Earth, fourteen-year-old twins, Zigmund and Zerah, are sent to live with their uncle, Rainart, after their parents' untimely deaths. Rainart is an abrasive drunk with a limp, and a secretive past. Yet, his secrets quickly come to light with astounding tension as the twins learn of his time in a land far away, and his possession of a mysterious and powerful red dust.

Book one of The Hands of Ruin begins a saga of two worlds and the individuals who bind those worlds together. It is a story both visionary and deeply emotional, rife with action, mystery, and vivid imagination. Blending fantasy and science fiction with passion, morality, and drama, The Hands of Ruin has all the makings of a true epic.

• ISBN13: 9781387142149
• Publish Date: 3 August 2017
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 25 June 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Lulu.com
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

The Hands of Ruin by Dylan Lee Peters is definitely a book that I thought I would love but didn’t really love it. The plot was really interesting with the whole thing of taking two different worlds and having them be connected by this character named Rainart. The plot seemed believable but once you got into the book it was going all over the place in my opinion on somethings. I don’t really know with how I thought it was going to be. It was good but also really weird at the same time. I love fantasy books and I kind of like science fiction books, that mostly depends on how good the book is, but this one not so much.

We jump between the two worlds a lot which is completely fine since it helps to understand the reality of the second world and to see with what is happening on Earth between Rainart, Zigmund, and Zerah. I am mostly sad about this book not holding up to my expectations is that it left a lot of questions not answered to me. I mean we find out a lot of information on some things but on some of them. I’m thinking that they will be answered in the next book hopefully.

Mr. Peters introduced a lot of characters in this book which is pretty good but I think it also made it seem like there was too much going on all at once. Especially when it came to Rainart and his work on Earth. Then once you add in the people from the second world it seemed like he was overloading with a lot of characters.

The Hands of Ruin by Dylan Lee Peters is a book that I loved at some points but was unsure about in different places. This is especially true when I tried to think of the many characters, and the two worlds. I am giving this book three stars since it was good and it held my attention. I just got confused on somethings and was overwhelmed by the lots of characters being introduced all at once.

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