The Core by Peter V. Brett
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.
- File Name:the-core-by-peter-v-brett.epub
- Original Title:The Core: Book Five of The Demon Cycle
- Creator:Peter V. Brett
- Language:en
- Identifier:ISBN:9780345531506
- Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
- Date:2017-10-02T22:00:00+00:00
- File Size:3.647 MB
Table of Content
- 1. Title Page
- 2. Copyright
- 3. Contents
- 4. Map
- 5. Prologue: Gaolers
- 6. Chapter 1: Both
- 7. Chapter 2: Olive
- 8. Chapter 3: Countess Paper
- 9. Chapter 4: Ragen and Elissa
- 10. Chapter 5: The Pack
- 11. Chapter 6: Everam Is a Lie
- 12. Chapter 7: The Eunuchs
- 13. Chapter 8: Monastery
- 14. Chapter 9: The Majah
- 15. Chapter 10: Family Matters
- 16. Chapter 11: Sorcerers
- 17. Chapter 12: Drained
- 18. Chapter 13: The Last Will and Testament of Arlen Bales
- 19. Chapter 14: Spankin’
- 20. Chapter 15: Sisters Return
- 21. Chapter 16: Beloved
- 22. Chapter 17: Forest Fortress
- 23. Chapter 18: Homestead
- 24. Chapter 19: Hunted
- 25. Chapter 20: The Escort
- 26. Chapter 21: Neocounty
- 27. Chapter 22: The Edge of Nie’s Abyss
- 28. Chapter 23: Sharum’s Lament
- 29. Chapter 24: First Steps
- 30. Chapter 25: The Mouth of the Abyss
- 31. Chapter 26: The Dark Below
- 32. Chapter 27: Bedfellows
- 33. Chapter 28: Araine’s Tale
- 34. Chapter 29: Wolves
- 35. Chapter 30: Everam’s Reservoir
- 36. Chapter 31: Harden’s Grove
- 37. Chapter 32: Blizzard and Quake
- 38. Chapter 33: Evil Gives Birth
- 39. Chapter 34: Spear of Ala
- 40. Chapter 35: Severed
- 41. Chapter 36: Smoke and Mist
- 42. Chapter 37: Jessa’s Girls
- 43. Chapter 38: Sharak Ka
- 44. Chapter 39: Whistler’s Mind
- 45. Chapter 40: Alamen Fae
- 46. Chapter 41: Light of the Mountains
- 47. Chapter 42: The Hive
- 48. Chapter 43: The Core
- 49. Chapter 44: Born in Darkness
- 50. Chapter 45: The Pact
- 51. Dedication
- 52. Acknowledgments
- 53. Ward Grimoire
- 54. Other Titles
- 55. About the Author
Peter V. Brett
