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Peter V. Brett
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The Desert Spear The Desert Spear |
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No copies available |
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Paperback |
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658 |
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2011 |
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B008MMABV6 |
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Del Rey |
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0.68 pounds |
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4.02 x 1.09 x 7.01 inches |
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Reprint |
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Product Description
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 Now with twenty pages of bonus material including an exclusive interview with Peter V Brett Publishers Weekly In keeping with the recent trend of starting in the thick of the action this sequel to 2009 s The Warded Man picks up in the heat of Jardir s conquest of the greenlands This choice may pull in new readers but risks alienating returning ones since series hero Arlen Bales doesn t even appear until midbook Jardir who seemed to mostly be a villain in the first book is made more sympathetic through a flashback to his childhood warrior training and the machinations of his psychically gifted chief wife Inevera who seems part Bene Gesserit and part Lady Macbeth as she plots his rise to power Romantic entanglements occupy much of the book and lead to an abrupt conclusion that would benefit from a gentler epilogue but is sure to leave fans on tenterhooks waiting for the last installment Apr
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