![]() ![]() Their only real virtue is that they're really good at killing demons. Except they're terrible people and it's a terrible culture. The biggest problem with the second book is that the first third is all about a great demon-fighting hero (introduced as a minor antagonist who betrayed the hero in the first book) and his warrior tribe of rapacious Mongol-jihadists who we're obviously supposed to admire, if begrudgingly. The first book, The Warded Man, was great fun if somewhat cheesy and cliched in parts. ![]() This ended the industrial civilization of the "ancients," and has left mankind fragmented into isolated city-states at a medieval level of technology. The Desert Spear is the second book in Peter Brett's epic "Demon Cycle," a post-apocalyptic fantasy in which hordes of demons rise from the Earth every night to slaughter every living thing that's not protected behind magical wards. Jardir and his fellows are on an epic quest to vanquish the demons plaguing the world and bring humanity back from the brink of extinction. ![]() ![]() Claiming to be the mythical Deliverer, Ahmann Jardir now rides alongside the allied desert tribes of Krasia. But a new hero has risen from the desert. The world remains under siege by demonkind stalking the land when the sun goes down. Peter Brett’s The Desert Spear continues the post-apocalyptic adventure he began in his highly acclaimed debut, The Warded Man. ![]()
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