Research Catalog

Title

The warded man / Peter V. Brett.

Author

Brett, Peter V.

Publication

New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.

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Holdings

Details

Description

416 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

As darkness falls each night, demons known as the corelings rise--demons who well up from the ground like hellish steam, taking on fearsome form and substance. Sand demons. Wood demons. Wind demons. Flame demons. And gigantic rock demons, the deadliest of all. They possess supernatural strength and powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards--symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and mystery, and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms. Once, under the leadership of the legendary Deliverer, and armed with powerful wards that were not merely shields but weapons, they took the battle to the demons...and stopped their advance. But those days are gone. The fighting wards are lost. Night by night the demons grow stronger, while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. Now, with hope for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past. Arlen will pay any price, embrace any sacrifice, for freedom. His grim journey will take him beyond the bounds of human power.

Subject

• Demonology > Fiction
• Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Fantasy fiction
• Fiction

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Aftermath -- If it was you -- A night alone -- Leesha -- Crowded home -- The secrets of fire -- Rojer -- To the free cities -- For Miln -- Apprentice -- Breach -- Library -- There must be more -- The road to Angiers -- Fiddle me a fortune -- Attachments -- Ruins -- Rite of passage -- The first warrior of Krasia -- Alagai'sharak -- Only a Chin -- Play the Hamlets -- Rebirth -- Needles and ink -- A new venue -- Hospit -- Nightfall -- Secrets -- In the predawn light -- Plague -- The Battle of Cutter's Hollow -- Cutter's no more.

ISBN

• 9780345503800 (alk. paper)
• 0345503805 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008054440

OCLC

• 229027181
• SCSB-11746342

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library