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| Title | : | The Desert Spear (Demon Cycle #2) |
| Author | : | Peter V. Brett |
| Book Format | : | Capa dura |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 579 pages |
| Published | : | April 13th 2010 by Del Rey (first published January 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. Fiction. High Fantasy. Magic |
Peter V. Brett
Capa dura | Pages: 579 pages Rating: 4.22 | 74562 Users | 2484 Reviews
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The sun is setting on humanity. The night now belongs to voracious demons that prey upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind half-forgotten symbols of power.Legends tell of a Deliverer: a general who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. But is the return of the Deliverer just another myth? Perhaps not.
Out of the desert rides Ahmann Jardir, who has forged the desert tribes into a demon-killing army. He has proclaimed himself Shar'Dama Ka, the Deliverer, and he carries ancient weapons--a spear and a crown--that give credence to his claim.
But the Northerners claim their own Deliverer: the Warded Man, a dark, forbidding figure.
Once, the Shar'Dama Ka and the Warded Man were friends. Now they are fierce adversaries. Yet as old allegiances are tested and fresh alliances forged, all are unaware of the appearance of a new breed of demon, more intelligent—and deadly—than any that have come before.
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| Original Title: | The Desert Spear |
| ISBN: | 0345503813 (ISBN13: 9780345503817) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Demon Cycle #2 |
| Characters: | Arlen, Leesha, Rojer, Jardir |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2011), David Gemmell Legend Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2010) |
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How do I feel about The Desert Spear? In some ways I liked it more than the Warded Man. In others less.It starts off really well. In the prologue we find that the Corelings seen to date are just the tip of the iceberg and there are others out there that think, plot and strategize and theyve just taken an interest in the happenings topside. Then we jump back in time and learn all about Jardirs training as a boy with the Dessert tribes. We follow that tale and how he became the man that eventuallyFor a full first third of the novel, I had to calm myself down and wonder why so much time and effort was being put into humanizing Jadir, the man who had betrayed Arlen so brutally in the first book, but I eventually got over it. The world is a big place and there have to be burly warriors to defend it. I didn't mind so much how crazily stereotypical Muslims are portrayed here because EVERYONE is heavily stereotyped in these books.Hell, that's okay simply because it's a really harsh world
Not content with merely having the means of killing their centuries old adversary, Fort Krasia makes it move to conquer their northern neighbors. It's intent goes beyond mere conquest as they intend to forge all of mankind into the weapon that exterminates demon kind. Krasia has a new leader, ichor and blood forged Ahmann Jardir. Krasia isn't the only one setting out for the first time in centuries. A very old enemy of mankind has come from the core to deal with the demon killing Warded Man and
Reviewed by: Rabid ReadsMINOR SPOILERS.Second Book Syndrome . . . thy name is THE DESERT SPEAR.*sighs*I had a lot of issues with this book. A lot, a lot.The first third of the book is told from an entirely new POV. By itself, that would've made me cranky, b/c, yeah, I get that Jardir is important, but I missed the old POVs. The POVs who won me over in the first place.In addition to being stuck with Jardir, the section didn't keep to a timeline. The chapters jump chaotically to the present from
Unexpected! From page one, this book has sped up in the direction so very different from what I anticipated after finishing The Warded Man. Result = WHIPLASH! Which is fun, by the way. (From Peter Brett's site, the gorgeous illustrations for the Polish edition of this book. Absolutely beautiful!)We get a full 180 degrees turn on the atmosphere of this world. Suddenly the corelings go from being the overwhelming menace of the night to little more than a nuisance - WHIPLASH! (Well, at least
Surprisingly, I think I'm the only one that loved The Desert Spear more than The Warded Man, if that it's possible.It would have been easy for the author to continue the second novel on the heels of the first, and continue the narrative, intercut between his point of view characters as he did the first. Arlen, Rojer and Leesha provide three interesting, and different perspectives. However, redounding to his credit, Brett decides to expand the field by promoting a couple of characters to full
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