The Hand That Takes

Follow Jeremy Rose in his search for his mysteriously lost lover Shikegi, as he follows a trail of missing artists: their bodies, their paintings... and their hands.

The Hand That Takes is a wrenching portrait of loss, an adventure-crammed and brilliant near-future thriller, introducing one of Holland’s foremost visionary authors to an international audience.

“The wealth of ideas on display is dazzling... easily stands head and shoulders above any other fiction I’ve read for years.” – BBR Directory

Praise for Paul Harland’s writing in Systems of Romance:

“Confident writing which neither proclaims a ‘national tradition’ nor echoes that of others, but connects with a whole range of romantically imaginative storytelling.” – Andy Sawyer, Foundation