Second, there’s Leesha, a beauty girl from a different hamlet who becomes the apprentice of the town’s Herb Gatherer (the town doctor, knowledge keeper, mid-wife, etc.) She quickly learns the power of the knowledge at her fingertips while dealing with small town mentalities and gossipers. He’s driven by a thirst for knowledge and the power to allow himself and humanity to rise up once again. After an early tragedy, he runs off, vowing to not live in fear and to give the Corelings nothing. A smart and brave farm boy growing up in one of the many hamlets that dot the land. Told through three perspectives across years, we see our protagonists grow in this world while rebuking the idea of living in fear from these creatures.įirst, there’s the main character Arlen. These wards are circular symbols that protect them from the many different Corelings that stalk the lands from dusk till dawn. People, having lost the old magics and advancements, hide beyond magical wards. Demons, known as Corelings, haunt the Earth every night. Brett, succeeds in not only creating a new world, but does so while telling a compelling story. The Warded Man (or The Painted Man), the first book The Demon Cycle by Peter V. Many books live and die by their execution, or lack there of, of this element. The creation of a new world, one that feels lived in and fleshed out, is imperative. There is more to fantasy books than the stereotypical Tolkien elements that spawned the genre.
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