Peter Brett

Two exciting short stories set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett. 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. Messenger Arlen Bales will search anywhere, dare anything, to return this magic to the world. Abban, a merchant in the Great Bazaar of Krasia, purports to sell everything a man's heart could desire, including, perhaps, the key to Arlen's quest. The Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold is the essential addition to one of the most exciting epic fantasy series currently being published.

Two exciting short stories set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett.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. Messenger Arlen Bales will search anywhere, dare anything, to return this magic to the world.Abban, a merchant in the Great Bazaar of Krasia, purports to sell everything a man's heart could desire, including, perhaps, the key to Arlen's quest.The Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold is the essential addition to one of the most exciting epic fantasy series currently being published.

Prepare for the final descent into darkness. Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett brings one of the most imaginative fantasy sagas of the twenty-first century to an epic close. The war has begun... For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Two heroes arose-men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal. Arlen Bales became known as the Painted Man, tattooed head-to-toe with powerful magic symbols that enable him to fight demons in hand-to-hand combat-and emerge victorious. Ahmann Jardir, armed with magically warded weapons, called himself the Deliverer, a figure prophesied to unite humanity and lead them to triumph in Sharak Ka-the final war against demonkind. But in their efforts to bring the war to the demons, Arlen and Jardir have set something in motion that may prove the end of everything they hold dear-a Swarm. Now the war is at hand, and humanity cannot hope to win it unless Arlen and Jardir, with the help of Arlen's wife, Renna, can bend a captured demon prince to their will and force the devious creature to lead them to the Core, where the Mother of Demons breeds an inexhaustible army. Trusting their closest confidantes, Leesha, Inevera, Ragen, and Elissa, to rally the fractious people of the Free Cities and lead them against the Swarm, Arlen, Renna, and Jardir set out on a desperate quest into the darkest depths of evil-from which none of them expects to return alive.

Kráziában üresen áll a Koponyatrón, és csak egyvalaki ülhet bele... Az elesett hadvezérek és démonhercegek koponyájából készült ősi trón nagy erejű mágiát hordoz, amivel távol tartja a démonokat. Ahmann Jardir úgy tervezte, hogy erről a trónról fogja meghódítani a világot, összefogva a népeket, hogy közös sereget alkotva egyszer és mindenkorra véget vessenek a démonok ellen vívott háborúnak. Csakhogy Bálás Arlen, a Rovásember párbajra hívta Jardirt, és a vereséget biztosan elkerülve magával rántotta egy szakadékba. A világ így megmentő nélkül maradt, Théza szabad városaiban pedig megindult a harc a trónért. Délen Ineverának, Jardir első feleségének meg kell találnia a módját, hogy a fiai ne öljék meg egymást, és ne taszítsák a népüket polgárháborúba, miközben mindketten dicsőséget akarnak szerezni maguknak, hogy méltónak bizonyuljanak a trónra. Északon Papíros Leesha és Csaplár Rojer szövetségbe próbálja kovácsolni az angiers-i és a milni hercegséget a kráziaiak ellen, mielőtt túl késő lenne. Mindeközben a magúrok egyre erősödnek, és Arlen meg Jardir távollétében talán senki sem lesz elég erős, hogy megállítsa őket. Csak Bálás Renna árulhatná el, mi történt a két férfival, csakhogy ő is eltűnt... Merülj el a történet lenyűgöző világában! "Letehetetlen regény, simán lehet, hogy az eddigi legjobb rész." - Starburst Magazine "Annyi a fordulat, hogy nehéz abbahagyni az olvasást, még akkor is, ha már muszáj lenne. Újra el fogom olvasni, hogy felkészüljek a következő könyvre. Jövök, Kaji, táncoljunk démonokkal!"- Tony Oleson, amazon.com "Imádtam mindent ebben a könyvben, és az egész sorozatot jó szívvel ajánlom!" - Kathryne Kennedy, amazon.com Felnőtteknek ajánljuk!