The Painted Man
by Peter V. Brett · first published 2001
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The stunning debut fantasy novel from author Peter V. Brett.The Painted Man, book one of the Demon trilogy, is a captivating and thrilling fantasy adventure, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes.Voted one of the top ten fantasy novels of 2008 by amazon.co.uk.Mankind has ceded the night to the corelings: demons that rise up out of the ground each day at dusk, killing and destroying at will until dawn, when the sun banishes them back to the Core. As darkness falls, the world's few surviving humans hide behind magical wards, praying that the magic will see them through a
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So many lesser known modern books to recommend. Memoires of an imaginary friend Dogs of war (Adrian Tchaikovsky one) The devil's detective Red rising The painted man
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