TY - BOOK AU - Brett,Peter V. TI - The desert spear T2 - Demon cycle SN - 9780007276189 (pbk.) U1 - 813.6 22 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - HarperVoyager KW - Fantasy fiction, American KW - Demonology KW - Fiction KW - Fantasy fiction KW - gsafd N2 - 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 ER -