Arlen is a lonely figure, he travels from place to place trying to discover the wards of old and at the end of the Painted Man discovers in some ancient ruins a warded spear and other warded weapons the like of which he has never seen before. He chooses to learn to fight the demons and by the end of the first novel has become the Painted Man and the people’s reluctant saviour – a role that he does not desire and constantly denies. Arlen, after watching his mother die on the claws of a demon whilst his father stood and watched helplessly chooses a different route. The only protection that the humans have from the demons are some old magic wards that, painted and etched onto door posts and fences, prevent the demons from entering peoples’ homes and killing them all – but if the wards are damaged or anybody is caught outside of them after sunset the demons swiftly move in for the kill. In PB’s world the night belongs to the demons who rise from the ground and terrorise humans once the sun sets. In the Painted Man we are introduced to Arlen from Tibbets Brook. I really enjoyed the Painted Man, it is a very original story in the fantasy genre and I was eagerly anticipating book number two. Just finished reading Desert Spear, Peter Brett’s sequel to the Painted Man and second book in the Demon Trilogy.
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