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Book Description:

The Daylight War, the eagerly anticipated third volume in Brett’s internationally bestselling Demon Cycle, continues the epic tale of humanity’s last stand against an army of demons that rise each night to prey on mankind.

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 was once an ordinary man, but now he has become something more—the Warded Man, tattooed with eldritch wards so powerful they make him a match for any demon. Arlen 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. Many would follow him, but Arlen’s path threatens to lead him to a dark place he alone can travel to, and from which there may be no returning.

The only one with hope of keeping Arlen in the world of men, or joining him in his descent into the world of demons, is Renna Tanner, a fierce young woman in danger of losing herself to the power of demon magic.

Ahmann Jardir has forged the warlike desert tribes of Krasia into a demon-killing army and proclaimed himself Shar’Dama Ka, the Deliverer. He carries ancient weapons—a spear and a crown—that give credence to his claim, and already vast swaths of the green lands bow to his control.

But Jardir did not come to power on his own. His rise was engineered by his First Wife, Inevera, a cunning and powerful priestess whose formidable demon bone magic gives her the ability to glimpse the future. Inevera’s motives and past are shrouded in mystery, and even Jardir does not entirely trust her.

Once Arlen and Jardir were as close as brothers. Now they are the bitterest of rivals. As humanity’s enemies rise, the only two men capable of defeating them are divided against each other by the most deadly demons of all—those lurking in the human heart.

Review:

By some unusual luck I was able to get a copy of the book before the release date. Reading through the Daylight War brings to the fore, Peter Brett's flair for story telling. The first thing you'll notice is that while there's not too much descriptive detail in the story telling, the fight sequences are wonderfully written, providing enough details to enable your mind conjure a vivid show of what's happening. The characters are well written and as you read, you begin to understand the motivations behind some of their actions and feel their joy or sorrow as circumstances affect them.

While it is not a dark and brutal book like the Song of Ice and Fire series from George R. R. Martin, it comparable because it shows you that none of the main characters are truly evil, they are just people with different motivations. Except for the demons of course, and they play a much larger role this time around.

All in all, The Daylight War is a wonderful read and If you're into Fantasy then you should definitely get it but you might want to get the first two books in the series: The Warded Man, and The Desert Spear.

My Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Stars