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The Daylight War (The Demon Cycle, Book 3) (Demon Cycle 3) [Hardcover]

Peter V. Brett
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11 Feb 2013 Demon Cycle 3 (Book 3)

Continuing the impressive debut fantasy series from author Peter V. Brett, The DAYLIGHT WAR is book three of the Demon Cycle, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes.

On the night of a new moon all shadows deepen.

Humanity has thirty days to prepare for the next demon attack, but one month is scarcely enough time to train a village to defend themselves, let alone an entire continent caught in the throes of civil war.

Arlen Bales understands the coreling threat better than anyone. Born ordinary, the demon plague has shaped him into a weapon so powerful he has been given the unwanted title of saviour, and attracted the attention of deadly enemies both above and below ground.

Unlike Arlen, Ahmann Jardir embraces the title of Deliverer. His strength resides not only in the legendary relics he carries, but also in the magic wielded by his first wife, Inevera, a cunning and powerful priestess whose allegiance even Jardir cannot be certain of.

Once Arlen and Jardir were like brothers. Now they are the bitterest of rivals. As humanity’s enemies prepare, the only two men capable of defeating them are divided against each other by the most deadly demons of all: those that lurk in the human heart.


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Product details

  • Hardcover: 816 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Voyager (11 Feb 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007276192
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007276196
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14.6 x 6.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (204 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘The most significant and cinematic fantasy epic since The Lord of the Rings. Inspired, compelling, and totally addictive!’
Paul W. S. Anderson, director of Resident Evil: Afterlife

‘Peter V. Brett is one of my favorite new authors’
Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind

'I enjoyed The Painted Man immensely. Action and suspense all the way.'
Terry Brooks

‘An absolute masterpiece… literally unputdownable, and deserves to be the next Big Thing in dark fantasy.'
www.ozhorrorscope.com.

'A very accomplished debut fantasy. Recommended.'
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About the Author

Peter went to the University at Buffalo, where he studied Dungeons & Dragons, fencing, and girls. Somehow, he also managed to earn a (totally useful!) Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in Art History in 1995.

Following college, Peter spent approximately 8 months managing a comic shop and pondering what to do with his life. He then went into medical publishing, squandering ten years of his physical prime sitting in a cubicle. He contented himself with writing books he never hoped to sell.
In June of 2007, his hard work and perseverance paid off, as he sold his 4th novel, THE PAINTED MAN, and in October of 2007, he left his day job to pursue writing full time.
He lives in Brooklyn NY with his wife Dani and two cats, Jinx and Max Powers.


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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Out of the three by far the worse 3 April 2013
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The first two books were great so I look forward to this novel thinking it would give us closure but instead it proved to be a hard read (yup, you heard me) and I only kept on in the hope it would get better. It didn't. I'll put it this way, I enjoyed the first two books so much I've read them both several times. One read of this one was enough.

The story line is weak to non existant and the expansion of charactors is overly done. It's a formular that worked well for the first two books but keeping the same formular for this one was a mistake as he's simply run out of key people.

It's not subtle either, at the diasapointing end he's left it not only at an unfortunatly weak part of the story it's also glaringly obvious what the next part of the plot will be.

Frankly, he's lost his way and I just hope the novellas will be enough to re-kindle my enthusiasm enough to buy book 4.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars 2 thirds a master piece 1 third to be avoided. 4 April 2013
By bart
Format:Hardcover
The parts of the book devoted to the deliverer, both Arlen bales the painted man and Ahmann Jardir the desert spear were excellent. These parts were exhillerating. Full of action, drama, excitement. The character development rich and full, the dialogue engaging and spellbinding. The extensive fight and action sequences were mesmerising. I also loved reading more about Leesha and Rojer, though omitted parts too involved with inevera, so basically i read their story from when they left Jadir and their journey back to the hollow. Again it was spellbinding reading.

Mr Brett is an artist, his battle with the coreling princes was intense, edge of the seat, brilliant, full of action, danger and suspense. It simply can't be written any better than this.

Had he avoided Inevera's back story, or spiced it up a bit, or did something to raise it from the mind numbing slow slog from which it started, that basically killed it off completely for me, then this would have been another 5 star unmissable book. As it is the rest of the book deserves 10 out of 10 with bonus points for fun, originality and spellbinding writing. But I can not recommend the parts about inevera, sorry.

This book was very disappointing after the first two which were so very good. About a third of this book was devoted to Inevera and her back story, her childhood training etc, which was a third too much. I found her back story, boring, long winded, dull, and extremely frustrating, too the point where I started skipping ahead. I just couldn't bring myself to atrophy any more brain cells by perservering with it. If it had an eventual point or objective it took too long, and was too boring, trying to get there so I ended up skipping it.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing! dull and long winded 6 April 2013
By Misty
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I loved the first 2 books in this series, a great new entry into fantasy with some interesting new ideas.

So this book was a huge disappointment. The back story on the Inevera was ok, but the main plot was derisory and so slow.
Basically we have 2 invincible heros and 2 big battles.
Nothing else really happens.

I managed to finish the book but it was a struggle (which is the polar opposite of the first 2) and by the end, as it became obvious that there was gong to be another installment i had lost interest in all of them and was rooting for the demons.

The gap between books was long, and Bret has seemingly fallen victim to writing filler books which cry out for editing down.

This book adds nothing to what was shaping up to be a great series. I won't be looking out for the next one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Fantastic, wish there were more. Book is good on the kindle meaning I can take it everywhere and read all the time.
Published 22 hours ago by Ri
4.0 out of 5 stars great story continues
Whilst not at the same atmospheric heights of the first two, this is still a great book. Unlike many other reviewers I did not find the Inevera back story weak or boring but... Read more
Published 1 day ago by K M Williams
4.0 out of 5 stars Still good and still different
This is the third volume of the author's "Demon Cycle". I found it as entertaining and exciting as the previous ones. Read more
Published 4 days ago by JPS
5.0 out of 5 stars Epic
Continuation of a brilliant story, good character development, and always find myself needing to turn the next page, read the next chapter. Well done.
Published 4 days ago by Mr Paul Hamilton
4.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a deviation from the others
I enjoyed the book and finished reading it but not as gripping or as tight and flowing as the other two. it felt like too much was being packed in at times. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Miss.M.A.Shaw
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best in the series but still a good read
Considering the book was in the region of 800 pages, there didn't seem to be a lot happening. I liked it as I have the previous books and I like Brett's style of giving you the... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Mark
3.0 out of 5 stars A huge disappointment
I've been waiting for this third one to come along for such a long time now. I was so excited when it eventually got released. Read more
Published 10 days ago by kellieakeith
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as his previous books
That said I felt disappointed at the early chapters and the amount of sexual content. The his previous books stand for themselves and he did not need this aspect so particularly... Read more
Published 11 days ago by J. McCrudden
2.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, yet still worth a read
Having read the first two books, and enjoying them a lot more than I expected I had high expectations for the third instalment.

Sadly I was disappointed. Read more
Published 11 days ago by Lizzard
3.0 out of 5 stars Story does not move on
this is a thick book and quite enjoyable and kept my 17 year old occupied but he has told me it really does not move events and if the auther is a bit stuck for a story line ! Read more
Published 12 days ago by J. Read
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