The Daylight War

The Daylight War
Peter V. Brett

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.ON THE NIGHT OF A NEW MOON ALL SHADOWS DEEPEN AND THE DEMONS RISE.Arlen Bales understands the threat better than anyone. Resisting the coreling plague has shaped him into a weapon so powerful he has attracted enemies both above and below ground.But as Arlen prepares his people for battle, a daylight war approaches from the south. Out of the desert rides an army led by a man who believes his destiny is to unite humanity against the demons, willingly or not.Once, Ahmann Jardir and Arlen were like brothers. Now they are the bitterest of rivals, and Jardir’s ambition is matched only by the magic wielded by his first wife, Inevera, a powerful priestess.The corelings will attack in thirty nights, and the only men capable of defeating them are divided against each other by the most deadly demons of all: those that lurk in the human heart.

THE

DAYLIGHT

WAR

PETER V. BRETT

For my parents, John and Dolores, who still read together on the couch at night.

Contents

Title Page (#u942d9c4c-fb7c-5f91-a096-fb4181241de1)

Dedication (#u506dd832-c61b-56cc-8509-28a14011ca50)

Map (#uaf9c5b55-7caf-5bb0-bfd6-c442c6605b67)

Prologue: Inevera (#uf3c0082c-2bb9-5438-ac71-43542e9410b7)

Chapter1: Arlen (#ue1564536-e804-5253-b377-e63e4eecb60c)

Chapter 2: Promise (#u0ddf7a61-b7c4-5d31-8cbb-c0940e692883)

Chapter 3: The Oatingers (#ua1c02283-7f52-54f2-b37d-b4f72f91b39a)

Chapter 4: Second Coming (#u606089d2-1368-5718-ae14-c4f84adfd061)

Chapter 5: Tender Hayes (#ud16a6986-9f3a-5d63-a84b-e6ad93683480)

Chapter 6: The Earring (#u85c35842-5569-540d-8555-9e7e6f021468)

Chapter 7: Training (#u5b9710af-757e-546d-9fc1-97a047ab9476)

Chapter 8: Sharum Do Not Bend (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9: Ahmann (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10: Kenevah’s Concern (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11: Last Meal (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12: The Hundred (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13: Playing the Crowd (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14: The SongofWaning (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15: The Paper Women (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Where Khaffit Cannot Follow (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: Zahven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: Strained Meeting (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: Spit and Wind (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: A Single Witness (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: Auras (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22: New Moon (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23: Trap (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24: Attrition (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25: Lost Circle (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26: Sharum’ting (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27: Waning (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28: Early Harvest (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 29: Eunuch (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 30: My True Friend (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 31: Alive (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 32: DominSharum (#litres_trial_promo)

Krasian Dictionary (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

By the Same Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)