Book description
Continuing the impressive debut fantasy series from author Peter V.
Brett, The Desert Spear is book two of the Demon Cycle, pulling the
reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes.
The Deliverer has returned, but who is he?
Arlen Bales, formerly of the small hamlet of Tibbet's Brook, learnt
harsh lessons about life as he grew up in a world where hungry demons
stalk the night and humanity is trapped by its own fear. He chose a
different path; chose to fight inherited apathy and the corelings, and
eventually he became the Painted Man, a reluctant saviour.
But the figure emerging from the desert, calling himself the Deliverer,
is not Arlen. He is a friend and betrayer, and though he carries the
spear from the Deliverer's tomb, he also heads a vast army intent on a
holy war against the demon plague… and anyone else who stands in his
way. Peter went to the University at Buffalo, where he studied
Dungeons & Dragons, fencing, and girls. Somehow, he also managed to
earn a (totally useful!) Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor
in Art History in 1995.
Following college, Peter spent approximately 8 months managing a comic
shop and pondering what to do with his life. He then went into medical
publishing, squandering ten years of his physical prime sitting in a
cubicle. He contented himself with writing books he never hoped to sell.
In June of 2007, his hard work and perseverance paid off, as he sold his
4th novel, THE PAINTED MAN, and in October of 2007, he left his day job
to pursue writing full time.
He lives in Brooklyn NY with his wife Dani and two cats, Jinx and Max
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