Peter V. Brett

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Peter V. Brett
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Brett at the 2022 Phoenix Fan Fusion
Born (1973-02-08) February 8, 1973 (age 50)
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Education University at Buffalo (BA)
OccupationNovelist
Website http://www.petervbrett.com

Peter V. Brett (born February 8, 1973) is an American fantasy novelist. He is the author of the Demon Cycle, whose first volume was published in the UK by HarperCollins's Voyager imprint in 2008 as The Painted Man and in the US by Del Rey Books as The Warded Man.

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Early life

Peter Brett studied English Literature and Art History at the University at Buffalo, graduating in 1995, after which he spent more than ten years working in the pharmaceutical publication field before writing full-time. He developed an interest in fantasy from an early age.[ citation needed ]

Career

Brett wrote his 2008 novel The Painted Man (The Warded Man in the US) and much of his second novel on his HP iPaq 6515 while on the New York City subway. [1]

The novel takes place on a formerly advanced civilization world that has now been reduced to a dark age by the attacks of demons known as Corelings. These are powerful beings with magical abilities and differing elemental natures, and each night they emerge from the planet's core to feed on humans, who must take care to be indoors before dark. Against this backdrop the three main characters Arlen, Leesha, and Rojer, pass into maturity and begin individual quests to bring an end to the terror. The book and its sequels have been translated into twenty three languages, including German, French, Greek, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Chinese, Dutch, Korean, Estonian, Turkish, Italian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian, Brazilian Portuguese and Danish. [2]

In The Desert Spear two men are claimed by their own followers to be humanity's prophesied Deliverer. One is Arlen Bales, formerly of a small hamlet who, after many hard lessons, has become the Warded Man (so called because he has covered himself in demon-warding runes). Another contender is a desert warrior, a former friend and betrayer of Arlen, who carries a mystical spear (stolen from Arlen) and heads a vast army intent on a holy war against the demons and anyone else who stands in the way. [3]

Brett's novellas include the 2010 book The Great Bazaar and Other Stories, the 2011 book Brayan's Gold, and the 2014 book Messenger's Legacy. [4]

The Demon Cycle novel has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.

Personal life

Brett lives in Manhattan with his wife Lauren and his child Phoenix and daughter Sirena. He also enjoys comics and role playing games. [5]

Bibliography

The Demon Cycle

  1. The Painted Man (UK title; Voyager, 1 September 2008) (US title The Warded Man; Del Rey, March 2009)
  2. The Desert Spear (Del Rey March 27, 2010)
  3. The Daylight War (February 12, 2013) [6]
  4. The Skull Throne (March 31, 2015) [7]
  5. The Core (October 3, 2017) [8]
Novellas

(Takes place during “The Painted Man”)

(Takes place between “Daylight War” and “The Skull Throne”)

(Takes place during “The Core”, with significant flashbacks to before “The Painted Man”)

Short Story

The Nightfall Saga

Set 15 years after The Core

  1. The Desert Prince (August 3, 2021)
  2. The Hidden Queen (Coming March, 2024)
  3. TBD

Comic Books

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References

  1. ↑ Allen, Nick (April 18, 2010). "Commuter who wrote fantasy novel on his phone on verge of multi-million dollar movie deal". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
  2. ↑ "Peter V Brett :: News".
  3. ↑ "Author's Blog - Peephole In My Skull: Desert Spear Update, II". May 2, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  4. ↑ "Subterranean Press Home page".
  5. ↑ "The Painted Man by Peter V Brett". Fantasy Book Review. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  6. ↑ Brett, Peter V. (2013). The Daylight War: Peter V. Brett (Hardcover). Ballantine Books. ISBN   978-0345503824.
  7. ↑ Brett, Peter V. (2015). The Skull Throne. Random House Publishing. ISBN   978-0345531483.
  8. ↑ Brett, Peter V. (2017). The Core: Peter V. Brett (Hardcover). National Geographic Books. ISBN   978-0345531506.
  9. ↑ "Peter V Brett :: Peephole in My Skull".
  10. ↑ Brett, Peter V. "Daylight War Release Dates and The Demon Cycle" . Retrieved 2012-04-27.
  11. ↑ "Dynamite® Red Sonja: Unchained TPB".
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