![]() ![]() Jardir’s people inflict their harshness on themselves as a reaction to the nightly demon attacks. As harsh as Brett depicted this world in the previous volume, Krasian culture is just as harsh, though in a different manner. Whereas the previous novel focused on Arlen’s growth into a destroyer of demons, The Desert Spear focuses on Jardir from of Krasia who endures a harsh life as he grows to assume the role of leadership amongst his people. In the early section of the novel, Brett follows a similar path in The Desert Spear to the one he followed in The Warded/Painted Man that is, a large part of the novel can be considered a coming-of-age tale. I shouldn’t have hesitated because Brett follows his superb debut with a novel that is at least the equal of its predecessor in The Desert Spear and in other cases, improves upon the foundation he initially laid. Brett set the bar pretty high for himself, and perhaps unsure of whether or not The Desert Spearcould live up to the promise of The Warded Man, I did not read The Desert Spear immediately upon the book’s publication. I ranked the book in my top five reads of 2009 and it was easily the best debut I read in 2009. ![]() Brett’s storytelling ability and how assured his voice as a writer was. When I read The Warded Man last year, I was thoroughly impressed with Peter V. ![]()
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