The Desert Spear
core novel 2010 The Demon Cycle
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.20 (80,218 ratings, collected 2026-08-27) |
| Page count | 578 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780593724286 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The Desert Spear is the second novel in the Demon Cycle, set on a world where nightfall brings ravenous demons that force a dwindling humanity to shelter behind protective wards. It opens by tracing the earlier life of Ahmann Jardir, the desert warrior who has united the fractious Krasian tribes into a disciplined demon-fighting army and now proclaims himself the Deliverer, the prophesied savior of mankind, wielding ancient relic weapons that seem to confirm his claim. His rise puts him on a collision course with his former friend Arlen Bales, known in the north as the Warded Man, whom Jardir's people instead see as a rival claimant to the same legend.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Demon Cycle
- Series: The Demon Cycle core; position 2 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Peter V. Brett
Notes
- From the series record (The Demon Cycle): Published in the UK in 2008 as The Painted Man; The Warded Man is the US title of the same book.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Demon Cycle: position 2 of 5: previous The Warded Man (2009) · next The Daylight War (2013)
Sources
← The Demon Cycle dossier · All universes
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