The Warded Man: Book One of The Demon CycleAs darkness falls, the demons will rise: This first book in the Demon Cycle series by New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett has been ”justifiably a fan favorite for fifteen years.” (Robin Hobb) The time has come to stand against the night. At sunset, the corelings rise—demons who well up from the ground like hellish steam, taking on fearsome form and substance. Immune to mortal weapons, they burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years corelings have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and mystery. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms. Once, under the leadership of the legendary Deliverer, and armed with powerful wards that were not merely shields but weapons, they took the battle to the demons. Now those days are gone. The fighting wards are lost. Night by night, the demons grow stronger, while human numbers dwindle. With hope for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past. Don’t miss any of the thrilling novels in Peter V. Brett’s Demon Cycle THE WARDED MAN • THE DESERT SPEAR • THE DAYLIGHT WAR • THE SKULL THRONE • THE CORE |
Contents
Aftermath | 3 |
If It Was You | 27 |
A Night Alone | 56 |
Leesha | 66 |
Crowded Home | 83 |
The Secrets of Fire | 107 |
Rojer | 116 |
To the Free Cities | 127 |
Ruins | 249 |
Rite of Passage | 257 |
The First Warrior of Krasia | 260 |
Alagai sharak | 276 |
Only a Chin | 282 |
Play the Hamlets | 288 |
Rebirth | 299 |
Needles and Ink | 305 |
Fort Miln | 136 |
MILN | 159 |
Apprentice | 161 |
Breach | 177 |
Library | 185 |
There Must Be More | 197 |
The Road to Angiers | 212 |
Fiddle Me a Fortune | 221 |
Attachments | 233 |
KRASIA | 247 |
CUTTERS HOLLOW | 313 |
A New Venue | 315 |
Hospit | 325 |
Nightfall | 342 |
Secrets | 365 |
In the Predawn Light | 374 |
30 Plague | 381 |
The Battle of Cutters Hollow | 399 |
Cutters No More | 411 |
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