Re-Reading The Demon Cycle
Posted by Meg
As we get closer to the release date of The Daylight War (February 11th in the UK and 12th in the US), it might be time to go back and do some re-reads of The Warded Man (aka The Painted Man) and Peat’s most recent full-length novel,The Desert Spear.
Or … maybe you just don’t have enough time with the holiday season already upon us. Don’t worry, we’ve gotcha covered with some excellent reviews that have cropped up within the last couple months. Hopefully these reviews will help you remember your favorite characters and what exactly went don’t in those last few chapters at the end of The Desert Spear …
Threat and fear are common instigators in the fantasy genre, producing heroes whose own personal reactions to danger help them to win the day. No one has explored this more deeply in recent years than Peter V. Brett in his Demon Cycle series.
Often with fantasy novels, the authors understandably want to create something new, a new world, but some times it can get very complicated. The Warding system was very understandable, and I can’t wait to find out more of its back story, along with the history of the Core and corelings – which I hope will be coming up in the next two books.
Book 2 of Brett’s Demon Cycle series is even better than the first. With amazing aplomb, Brett takes the most hated character from book 1, Jardir, and turns him into a protagonist that you want to stand up and cheer for and possibly even fall to your knees and worship.
Any of these jog your memory? There is a lot to keep track of. If I don’t have time to re-read a book, sometimes I will just flip through it and then read the last five chapters. That way, the memoires are still fresh for the next installment.