The Painted Man

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Harper Voyager, 2009 - Fiction - 544 pages
The stunning debut fantasy novel from author Peter V. Brett. The Painted Man, book one of the Demon trilogy, is a captivating and thrilling fantasy adventure, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes. Voted one of the top ten fantasy novels of 2008 by amazon.co.uk. The stunning debut fantasy novel from author Peter V. Brett. The Painted Man, book one of the Demon trilogy, is a captivating and thrilling fantasy adventure, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes. Voted one of the top ten fantasy novels of 2008 by amazon.co.uk. Sometimes there is very good reason to be afraid of the dark! Arlen lives with his parents on their small farmstead, half a day's ride from the isolated hamlet of Tibbet's Brook. As dusk falls each evening, a mist rises from the ground promising death to any foolish enough to brave the coming darkness. For hungry demons materialize from the vapours to feed, and as the shadows lengthen, all of humanity is forced to take shelter behind magical wards and pray that their protection holds until the dawn. But when Arlen's world is shattered by the demon plague, he realizes that it is fear, rather than the monsters, which truly cripples humanity. Only by conquering their own terror can they ever hope to defeat the demons. Now Arlen must risk leaving the safety of his wards to discover a different path, and offer humanity a last, fleeting chance of survival.

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About the author (2009)

Peter V. Brett was born in New Rochelle, New York, on February 8, 1973. He received a B.A. in English, with a minor in Art History, from the University at Buffalo, in 1995. Prior to devoting himself to writing full time, he worked in the medical publishing field for ten years. He sold his 4th novel, The Painted Man (UK), aka, The Warded Man (US), which was the first in the Demon Cycle Series. The other books in the series include,The Desert Spear, The Daylight War, Messenger's Legacy, The Skull Throne, and The Core.