The Desert Prince

by Peter V. Brett

  RESONANCE

  Description: Resonance wards can affect the flow of soundwaves, disrupting them to create areas of silence, or strengthening them to amplify sound. A demonbone broken into two pieces and carved with wards of resonance can effect communication over great distances.

  UNSIGHT

  Description: Wards of unsight can make objects invisible to demons, provided those objects keep relatively still. Wards of unsight in conjunction with wards of confusion are used to make Cloaks of Unsight that protect humans in the naked night.

  WARDSIGHT

  Description: When worn around the eyes and charged, these wards can allow surface creatures to see in the magical spectrum. Creatures with wardsight can see in complete darkness as easily as clear day, watch the flow of ambient magic, judge the relative power of wardings, and see the auras given off by all living things. A skilled practitioner can Read these auras to tell what others are feeling or thinking, and sometimes to gain a sense of their past or even their future.

  For Cassandra

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  The Desert Prince proved to be my most ambitious and difficult novel to date, in part because much of it was written in 2020 (amid the global Covid-19 pandemic and a time of unprecedented social and political unrest), but also because of its own unique challenges. Creating a new Demon Cycle series that is welcoming to new readers while still keeping canon with the old series was a heavier lift than expected, and Olive and Darin proved to be the most unique characters I have ever had the pleasure of writing. Finding their voices was a journey in itself, but there was treasure at the end.

  Thanks as always to my endlessly supportive partner, Lauren, and my daughters, Cassandra and Sirena. I was so lucky to quarantine with such amazing women.

  To my editors Tricia and Natasha, and my sensitivity reader Rebecca, thank you for multiple edit passes as we ensured this book was the best it could be. Your input was invaluable.

  To my author friends, Alina, Katherine, Naomi, Myke, & Wesley, who listened with patience and understanding whenever I needed a friendly ear and professional advice, a special thanks.

  Recognition once again to Dr. Bill Greene for being a resource on combat medicine, and appreciation to my beta reader Amelia for her empathy. Love always to my biggest fan, Mom, who always finds a typo everyone else missed.

  To all the other heroes, the production teams at Del Rey Books and Voyager, the publicists, artists, art directors, and translators, not to mention the booksellers—none of this would be possible without you.

  Next round’s on me.

  Demon Cycle Books by Peter V. Brett

  Novels

  The Warded Man

  The Desert Spear

  The Daylight War

  The Skull Throne

  The Core

  Novellas

  The Great Bazaar

  Brayan’s Gold

  Messenger’s Legacy

  Barren

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Peter V. Brett is the internationally bestselling author of the Demon Cycle series, which has sold more than three and a half million copies in twenty-seven languages worldwide. Novels include The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, The Daylight War, The Skull Throne, and The Core. He lives in Brooklyn.

  petervbrett.com

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