![]() ![]() The book follows three youngsters on their journeys, both in time and distance. By introducing the concept of Messengers, men who are brave enough to face the horrors of the night and travel to the villages and hamlets, he shows how dependant the smaller communities are on this tenuous life line. The only things able to keep them at bay are these defensive wards, which the demons are unable to penetrate.īrett does a fantastic job of introducing this world to the reader, showing just how isolated and spread out the human race have become. Every night people retreat behind the safety of their warded homes in fear as demons rise up from the Core and sow terror and havoc wherever they go. ![]() Humanity is scant and scattered across the world, existing in hamlets or as part of the Free Cities. ![]() Our story starts some 300 years AR (After the Return). I read this book for the first time recently and if it lay undiscovered so long for me, perhaps I can tempt a few more readers to get lost in this demon infested ride as well. Brett’s The Daylight War, the latest installment of his Demon Cycle, I thought the time was ripe to have a look back at where it all started, with a fresh review of The Painted Man. ![]()
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