The Daylight War - The Demon Cycle 3

Informationen zum Autor Peter V. Brett  is the internationally bestselling author of the Demon Cycle series, which has sold over three and a half million copies in twenty-seven languages worldwide. Novels include  The Warded Man ,  The Desert Spear ,  The Daylight War ,  The Skull Throne , and  The Core . He lives in Brooklyn. Klappentext On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men, both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all. Arlen Bales denies he is the Deliverer at every turn, but the more he tries to be one with the common folk, the more fervently they believe. Leseprobe Chapter 1 Arlen :: 333 AR Summer :: 30 Dawns Before New Moon Renna kissed Arlen again. A gentle breeze swept across the thin sheen of sweat on their bodies, cooling them as they panted on the hot night. “Been wonderin’ if you were tattooed under that cloth nappy,” she said, nestling in next to him and putting her head on his bare chest, listening to his heart. Arlen laughed and put his arm around her. “It’s called a bido. And even my obsession has limits.” Renna lifted her head, putting her lips to his ear. “Maybe you just need a Warder you trust. It’s a wife’s duty to take good care of what’s in her husband’s bido. I could paint you with blackstem . . .” Arlen swallowed, and she could see his skin flush. “The wards would distort even as you drew them.” Renna laughed, wrapping him in her arms and dropping her head back to his chest. “Wonder sometimes if I’m cracked,” she said. “How’s that?” Arlen asked. “Like I’m still sitting in Selia Barren’s spinning room, staring off into space. Everything since has been like a dream. Wonder if my mind just took me to a sunny place and left me there.” “You’ve a poor imagination if this is your sunny place,” Arlen said. “Why?” Renna asked. “I’m rid of Harl and that corespawned farm, stronger than I ever imagined, and dancing in the naked night.” She swept a hand around her. “Everything’s awash in color and glow.” She looked at him. “And I’m with Arlen Bales. How could my sunny place be anywhere else?” Renna bit her lip as the words rushed to them. Words she had thought to herself many times, but never dared say aloud. Part of her hesitation was fear of Arlen’s reaction, but much of it was her own doubt. All the Tanner sisters had been willing to run to the bed of the first decent man they met, but had any of them ever been in love? Renna had thought she loved Arlen when they were children, but she only knew him from afar, and understood now that much of what she cherished had been her imagination of what he was like in close, rather than the boy himself. Renna had convinced herself that she loved Cobie Fisher this past spring, but she saw the lie of that now. Cobie hadn’t been a bad sort, but if any other man had come to Harl’s farm, Renna knew she would likely have seduced him, too. Anything to get away, because anywhere was better than that farm, and any man in creation was better than her da. But Renna was done lying. And done biting her tongue. “Love you, Arlen Bales,” she said. Her courage fled as the words left her lips and she held her breath, but there was no hesitation as Arlen tightened his arms around her. “Love you, Renna Tanner.” She exhaled, and all the fear and doubt left her. Charged as she was with magic, Renna found no sleep as they lay, but she would not have wished for any. Warm and safe, she wondered almost idly how she and Arlen could have been fighting a demon prince and its servants on this very spot a few hours before. It seemed a different world. A different life. For a short time, they had esca...

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• Autori: Peter V. Brett
• Editore: Del Rey
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.11.2023
• EAN: 9780593724293
• ISBN: 978-0-593-72429-3
• Pagine: 928
• Dimensioni: 139 mm x 208 mm x 39 mm
• Serie: The Demon Cycle
• Categoria: Narrativa > Science Fiction, Fantasy