# The Demon Cycle Series Books 1 and 2: The Painted Man, The Desert Spear

Peter V. Brett

Books one and two of the impressive debut fantasy series The Demon Cycle by Sunday Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett.


This bundle includes The Painted Man and The Desert Spear.


Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons–bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting and killing humanity for over 300 years.


A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive. A handful of Messengers brave the night to keep the lines of communication open between the increasingly isolated populace.


But there was a time when the demons were not so bold. A time when wards did more than hold the demons at bay. They allowed man to fight back, and to win…


The Painted Man and The Desert Spear are the first two books in Peter V. Brett’s epic series The Demon Cycle.

## THE PAINTED MAN. AND. THE DESERT SPEAR. Books One and Two of The Demon Cycle. PETER V. BRETT


## Copyright

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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The Painted Man First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2008

The Desert Spear First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2010

Copyright © Peter V. Brett

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

The Painted Man

The Desert Spear

Keep Reading

About the Author

Also by the Author

About the Publisher


## THE. PAINTED. MAN. PETER V. BRETT


To Otzi, the original Painted Man.


Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Map


SECTION I: Tibbet’s Brook

Chapter 1: Aftermath

Chapter 2: If It Was You

Chapter 3: A Night Alone

Chapter 4: Leesha

Chapter 5: Crowded Home

Chapter 6: The Secrets of Fire

Chapter 7: Rojer

Chapter 8: To the Free Cities

Chapter 9: Fort Miln


SECTION II: Miln

Chapter 10: Apprentice

Chapter 11: Breach

Chapter 12: Library

Chapter 13: There Must Be More

Chapter 14: The Road to Angiers

Chapter 15: Fiddle Me a Fortune

Chapter 16: Attachments


SECTION III: Krasia

Chapter 17: Ruins

Chapter 18: Rite of Passage

Chapter 19: The First Warrior of Krasia

Chapter 20: Alagai’sharak

Chapter 21: Only a Chin

Chapter 22: Play the Hamlets

Chapter 23: Rebirth

Chapter 24: Needles and Ink


SECTION IV: Cutter’s Hollow

Chapter 25: A New Venue

Chapter 26: Hospit

Chapter 27: Nightfall

Chapter 28: Secrets

Chapter 29: In the Pre-dawn Light

Chapter 30: Plague

Chapter 31: The Battle of Cutter’s Hollow

Chapter 32: Cutter’s No More

Acknowledgements

Copyright


Section I