Audiobooks by Peter V. Brett

The stunning debut fantasy novel from author Peter V. Brett.The Painted Man, book one of the Demon Cycle, 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.Sometimes there is very good reason to be afraid of the dark...Eleven-year-old Arlen lives with his parents on their small farmstead, half a day's ride from the isolated hamlet of Tibbet's Brook.As dusk falls upon Arlen's world, a strange mist rises from the ground; a mist that promises a violent death to any foolish enough to brave the coming darkness, for hungry corelings - demons that cannot be harmed by mortal weapons - materialize from the vapours to feed on the living. As the sun sets, people have no choice but to take shelter behind magical wards and pray that their protection holds until the creatures dissolve with the first signs of dawn.When Arlen's life is shattered by the demon plague, he is forced to see that it is fear, rather than the demons, which truly cripples humanity. Believing that there is more to his world than to live in constant fear, he must risk leaving the safety of his wards to discover a different path.In the small town of Cutter's Hollow, Leesha's perfect future is destroyed by betrayal and a simple lie. Publicly shamed, she is reduced to gathering herbs and tending an old woman more fearsome than the corelings. Yet in her disgrace, she becomes the guardian of dangerous ancient knowledge.Orphaned and crippled in a demon attack, young Rojer takes solace in mastering the musical arts of a Jongleur, only to learn that his unique talent gives him unexpected power over the night.Together, these three young people will offer humanity a last, fleeting chance of survival.

Peter V. Brett (Author), Colin Mace (Narrator)

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The Desert Spear

Continuing the impressive debut fantasy series from author Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear is book two of the Demon Cycle, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes.The Deliverer has returned, but who is he?Arlen Bales, formerly of the small hamlet of Tibbet's Brook, learnt harsh lessons about life as he grew up in a world where hungry demons stalk the night and humanity is trapped by its own fear. He chose a different path; chose to fight inherited apathy and the corelings, and eventually he became the Painted Man, a reluctant saviour.But the figure emerging from the desert, calling himself the Deliverer, is not Arlen. He is a friend and betrayer, and though he carries the spear from the Deliverer's tomb, he also heads a vast army intent on a holy war against the demon plague... and anyone else who stands in his way.

Peter V. Brett (Author), Colin Mace (Narrator)

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The Core

Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett brings one of the most imaginative fantasy sagas of the twenty-first century to an epic close. The war has begun... For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Two heroes arose-men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal. Arlen Bales became known as the Painted Man, tattooed head-to-toe with powerful magic symbols that enable him to fight demons in hand-to-hand combat-and emerge victorious. Ahmann Jardir, armed with magically warded weapons, called himself the Deliverer, a figure prophesied to unite humanity and lead them to triumph in Sharak Ka-the final war against demonkind. But in their efforts to bring the war to the demons, Arlen and Jardir have set something in motion that may prove the end of everything they hold dear-a Swarm. Now the war is at hand, and humanity cannot hope to win it unless Arlen and Jardir, with the help of Arlen's wife, Renna, can bend a captured demon prince to their will and force the devious creature to lead them to the Core, where the Mother of Demons breeds an inexhaustible army. Trusting their closest confidantes, Leesha, Inevera, Ragen, and Elissa, to rally the fractious people of the Free Cities and lead them against the Swarm, Arlen, Renna, and Jardir set out on a desperate quest into the darkest depths of evil-from which none of them expects to return alive.

Peter V. Brett (Author), Colin Mace (Narrator)

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The Core [Dramatized Adaptation]: Demon Cycle 5

'New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett brings one of the most imaginative fantasy sagas of the twenty-first century to an epic close. For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Then two heroes arose-men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal. Arlen Bales became known as the Warded Man, tattooed head to toe with powerful magic symbols that enable him to fight demons in hand-to-hand combat-and emerge victorious. Jardir, armed with magically warded weapons, called himself the Deliverer, a figure prophesied to unite humanity and lead them to triumph in Sharak Ka-the final war against demonkind. But in their efforts to bring the war to the demons, Arlen and Jardir have set something in motion that may prove the end of everything they hold dear-a swarm. Now the war is at hand, and humanity cannot hope to win it unless Arlen and Jardir, with the help of Arlen's wife, Renna, can bend a captured demon prince to their will and force the devious creature to lead them to the Core, where the Mother of Demons breeds an inexhaustible army. Trusting their closest confidantes, Leesha, Inevera, Ragen, and Elissa, to rally the fractious people of the Free Cities and lead them against the swarm, Arlen, Renna, and Jardir set out on a desperate quest into the darkest depths of evil-from which none of them expects to return alive.'

Peter V. Brett (Author), Alyssa Wilmoth, Bradley Smith, Carolyn Kashner, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Dani Stoller, Deidra Starnes, Drew Kopas, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, Eva Wilhelm, Evan Casey, James Konicek, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Julie-Ann Elliott, Katy Carkuff, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Laura C. Harris, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Peter V. Brett, Ren Casey, Richard Rohan, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Scott Mccormick, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Thomas Keegan, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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The Desert Spear [Dramatized Adaptation]: Demon Cycle 2

The sun is setting on humanity. The night now belongs to voracious demons that prey upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind half-forgotten symbols of power. Legends tell of a Deliverer: a general who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. But is the return of the Deliverer just another myth? Perhaps not. Out of the desert rides Ahmann Jardir, who has forged the desert tribes into a demon-killing army. He has proclaimed himself Shar'Dama Ka, the Deliverer and he carries ancient weapons-a spear and a crown-that give credence to his claim. But the Northerners claim their own Deliverer: the Warded Man, a dark, forbidding figure. Once, the Shar'Dama Ka and the Warded Man were friends. Now they are fierce adversaries. Yet as old allegiances are tested and fresh alliances forged, all are unaware of the appearance of a new breed of demon, more intelligent-and deadly-than any that have come before.

Peter V. Brett (Author), Alexander Strain, Alyssa Wilmoth, Bradley Smith, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Daniel Sontagg, Drew Kopas, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, James Konicek, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Karen Novak, Katy Carkuff, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nick Depinto, Patrick Bussink, Ren Casey, Richard Rohan, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Thomas Keegan (Narrator)

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The Daylight War [Dramatized Adaptation]: Demon Cycle 3

'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.'

Peter V. Brett (Author), Alyssa Wilmoth, Barbara Pinolini, Bradley Smith, Casie Platt, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, David Coyne, David Jourdan, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, Eva Wilhelm, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Julie-Ann Elliott, Katy Carkuff, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Lily Beacon, Margie Tompros, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nathanial Perry, Nick Depinto, Nora Achrati, Ren Kasey, Richard Rohan, Scott Mccormick, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Thomas Keegan, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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Messenger's Legacy (Novella)

A thrilling novella set in the world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett.Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons. Bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting the surface for over 300 years. A scant few hamlets and half-starved city-states are all that remain of a once proud civilization, and it is only by hiding behind wards, ancient symbols with the power to repel the demons, that they survive. A handful of Messengers brave the night to keep the lines of communication open between the increasingly isolated populace.Briar Damaj is a boy of six in the small village of Bogton. Half-Krasian, the village children call him Mudboy for his dark skin. When tragedy strikes, Briar decides the town is better off without him, fleeing into the bog with nothing but his wits and a bit of herb lore to protect him.After twenty years, Ragen Messenger has agreed to retire and pass on his route to his protégé, Arlen Bales. But for all that he's earned the rest, he has no idea what to do with the rest of his life. When he learns Briar, the son of an old friend, is missing, Ragen is willing to risk any danger to bring him safely home.

Peter V. Brett (Author), Colin Mace (Narrator)

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The Desert Spear (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Peter V. Brett (Author), A Full Cast, Alexander Strain, Alyssa Wilmoth, Bradley Smith, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Daniel Sontagg, Drew Kopas, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, James Konicek, James Lewis, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Karen Novak, Katy Carkuff, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Lily Beacon, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nick Depinto, Patrick Bussink, Ren Casey, Richard Rohan, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Thomas Keegan (Narrator)

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The Daylight War (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

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.

Peter V. Brett (Author), A Full Cast, Alyssa Wilmoth, Barbara Pinolini, Bradley Smith, Casie Platt, Christopher Graybill, Christopher Scheeren, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, David Coyne, David Jourdan, Dylan Lynch, Eric Messner, Eva Wilhelm, Joe Brack, Johann Dettweiler, Julie-Ann Elliott, Katy Carkuff, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Lily Beacon, Margie Tompros, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mort Shelby, Nanette Savard, Nathanial Perry, Nick Depinto, Nora Achrati, Ren Kasey, Richard Rohan, Scott Mccormick, Steven Carpenter, Terence Aselford, Thomas Anthony Penny, Thomas Keegan, Yasmin Tuazon (Narrator)

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The Desert Prince [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Nightfall Saga 1

'A brand-new epic fantasy adventure set in the beloved world of the Demon Cycle, following a new generation of heroes, from New York Times best-selling author Peter V. Brett. Fifteen years have passed since the end of the war with demons, creatures of darkness who have hunted the night and plagued humanity since time out of mind. The heroes of humanity’s hour of need have become legend, and those who remain struggle to escape their shadows. Olive Paper and Darin Bales have grown up in this new peaceful world. Demons have been all but destroyed, but dangers still lurk for the children of heroes. Olive, princess of Hollow, has her entire life planned out by her mother, Duchess Leesha Paper: a steady march on a checklist to prepare her for succession. The more her mother writes the script, the more Olive rails against playing the parts she is assigned. Darin faces challenges of a different kind. Though free to choose his own path, the weight of legacy hangs heavy around his shoulders. It isn’t easy being the son of the man people say saved the world. Everyone expects greatness from Darin, but the only thing he’s ever been great at is hiding. But when Olive and Darin step across the wards one night, they learn the demons are not all gone, and those that remain hunger for revenge. Events are set in motion that only prophecy can foresee as Olive and Darin seek to find their own places in the world in time to save it again. Performed by Melody Muze, David Cui Cui, Laura C. Harris, Nora Achrati, Eva Wilhelm, Colleen Delany, Ren Kasey, Peter V. Brett, Catherine Aselford, Karen Novack, Nanette Savard, Michael Glenn, Yasmin Tuazon, Terence Aselford, Amanda Forstrom, Nicole Perez, Bradley Foster Smith, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Lily Beacon, Kimberly Gilbert, Drew Kopas, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Matthew Bassett, Neha Gargava, Evan Casey, James Konicek, Dani Stoller, K’Lai Rivera, Christopher Scheeren, Dylan Lynch, and Richard Rohan.'

Peter V. Brett (Author), Catherine Aselford, Colleen Delany, David Cui Cui, Eva Wilhelm, Karen Novack, Laura C. Harris, Melody Muze, Nanette Savard, Nora Achrati, Peter V. Brett, Ren Kasey (Narrator)

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The Skull Throne

Peter V. Brett (Author), Pete Bradbury (Narrator)

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The Core

New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett brings one of the most imaginative fantasy sagas of the twenty-first century to an epic close. For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Then two heroes arose-men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal. Arlen Bales became known as the Warded Man, tattooed head to toe with powerful magic symbols that enable him to fight demons in hand-to-hand combat-and emerge victorious. Jardir, armed with magically warded weapons, called himself the Deliverer, a figure prophesied to unite humanity and lead them to triumph in Sharak Ka-the final war against demonkind. But in their efforts to bring the war to the demons, Arlen and Jardir have set something in motion that may prove the end of everything they hold dear-a Swarm. Now the war is at hand and humanity cannot hope to win it unless Arlen and Jardir, with the help of Arlen's wife, Renna, can bend a captured demon prince to their will and force the devious creature to lead them to the Core, where the Mother of Demons breeds an inexhaustible army. Trusting their closest confidantes, Leesha, Inevera, Ragen and Elissa, to rally the fractious people of the Free Cities and lead them against the Swarm, Arlen, Renna, and Jardir set out on a desperate quest into the darkest depths of evil-from which none of them expects to return alive.

Peter V. Brett (Author), Pete Bradbury (Narrator)

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