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The Great Bazaar And Other Stories (Demon Cycle)

by Peter V. Brett (Goodreads Author)

4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 · rating details · 949 ratings · 59 reviews

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 and killing humanity 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...more

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May 12, 2011 Paul Stotts rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Painted Man (also known as The Warded Man for those who like their books American-Made) is one of the best fantasy epics of recent years. Period, exclamation point, throw whatever other punctuation you want at it, doesn’t matter; the book seriously kicked it, bringing it like Beckham (That Posh has skillz!) The novel’s protagonist, the demon-fighting Arlen Bales, easily captures the mantle of greatest Arlen ever, (trouncing Senator Arlen Specter who doesn’t fight demons, he just works with t...more The Painted Man (also known as The Warded Man for those who like their books American-Made) is one of the best fantasy epics of recent years. Period, exclamation point, throw whatever other punctuation you want at it, doesn’t matter; the book seriously kicked it, bringing it like Beckham (That Posh has skillz!) The novel’s protagonist, the demon-fighting Arlen Bales, easily captures the mantle of greatest Arlen ever, (trouncing Senator Arlen Specter who doesn’t fight demons, he just works with them.) Peter V. Brett’s debut was such the tasty fantasy goodness I’ve taken to stalking Barnes & Noble delivery trucks hoping a copy of the upcoming sequel, The Desert Spear, happens to fall off one. And into my greedy little mitts.

Pathetic, I know, but The Painted Man was that damn fantastic. Like half-blind, bikini-clad Scandinavian supermodel who owns a liquor store and golf course munching on a chocolate chip ice cream cone on a hot summer day kind of fantastic. But then you discover—Oh Horror—she’s rocking a purity ring and thinks MTV is high art, and suddenly, you’re left wanting more; it makes you greedy.

But like Gordon Gekko says, Greed is good, so embrace it, want more. Maybe even plant a big, sloppy smootch on its kisser. Because sometimes you get what you want—and what you need.

If The Painted Man was a Director’s Cut DVD, The Great Bazaar and Other Stories would be the second disc filled with all the Extras. More story, deleted scenes, a ward grimoire; it’s all here. Even Brett offering context and insight into the scenes. Love The Painted Man? Then you’re going to love this collection, since it features more of what made that book so great.

The majority of the collection is devoted to the short story “The Great Bazaar”, a fantastic piece that works incredibly well as a standalone introduction to The Painted Man universe. The story follows Arlen Bales, now settled down, and proprietor of the Bales Motel. Arlen lives with his mother in a nearby house overlooking the motel. One night a blond demon, escaping from her past, checks into the motel…Alright, I’m lying. Really, did you think I was going to give it away; the story’s short, go read it. Abban, a merchant in the Great Bazaar”, is the rockstar in the story. Forget Team Jacob or Team Edward, Abban will have the love-struck pre-pubescents shrilling like wind demons after they catch his deeds in “The Great Bazaar.”

If I hadn’t read Brett’s debut, this story would have forced me to; it’s such a wonderful scene. Much better than you’d imagine, and not what you’d expect from material that didn’t make the original volume. Often, one hears the phrase deleted scenes, and thinks, This is the stuff that wasn’t good enough to make it in. That’s far from the case in The Great Bazaar and Other Stories; all the material here has the same high level of quality found in the novel. There’s not as much as I would have liked, but hopefully it’s enough to get me through to The Desert Spear without getting slapped with a restraining order from Barnes & Noble.

Fans of The Painted Man will love The Great Bazaar and Other Stories. People not familiar with Brett’s work will find this a great introduction. Being a fan of the novel, I can only view the collection in that context. Which means I’m biased. Which means I’m going to score this similarly to The Painted Man. Which means that bikini-clad, liquor store-owning Scandinavian supermodel might have just welded that purity ring onto her finger. Because already I want more.

Final Grade: 9.25 out of 10(less)

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Jan 26, 2013 Kay rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I read this one night when I could not sleep, and it was almost if I had dreamt reading it. I am going to review the main story 'The Great Bazaar', although this collection does include other stories that were cut from The Warded Man (which is one of the BEST books ever.) I waited to r...more

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Apr 29, 2013 David Sven rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

The Great Bazaar is a short story that sits somewhere between chapters 16 and 17 of The Warded Man and tells of how Arlen gets Abban to help him steal the map to the lost City of Anoch Sun from the Krasian Temple of Heroes. Brett says he chose not to write about the three year period between those chapters when Arlen is working as a messenger and has instead opted to possibly revisit that time period later on. In his own words

This was an exciting, adventure-filled period in Arlen’s life, and a v...more The Great Bazaar is a short story that sits somewhere between chapters 16 and 17 of The Warded Man and tells of how Arlen gets Abban to help him steal the map to the lost City of Anoch Sun from the Krasian Temple of Heroes. Brett says he chose not to write about the three year period between those chapters when Arlen is working as a messenger and has instead opted to possibly revisit that time period later on. In his own words

This was an exciting, adventure-filled period in Arlen’s life, and a very fertile spawning ground for short stories about him traveling from town to town, touching the lives of different people living behind the wards.
Like Caine in Kung Fu.

If only. Just like Brett's other short story Brayan's Gold, the supposed centrepiece(in this case stealing the map) takes up so little of the already meagre word count and is rather anti climactic when we get there. We do get introduced to clay demons - which was cool as far as adding to lore goes, but I would have preferred more of the plot to be devoted to the actual lifting of the map of the Lost City. Maybe something a bit Oceans Eleven; I don't know, but what we get instead lacked punch. Thinking about it, I had a similar issue with Brayans Gold. I would have preferred a short meant to showcase snow demons to dispense with most of the travelling to and from and exchanging pleasantries to concentrate a large portion of the story on the snow demons themselves. Maybe have the book start with Arlen being stalked by one and surviving and give us the back story on the fly - But that's another story.

Back to this book, on top of The Great Bazaar, we get two deleted scenes that were cut because they added nothing to the story and interfered with the pacing. They were right to be cut. The first story is a prologue to The Warded Man but was written so long ago that the tone just didn't match the rest of the book.
The second story centres on Leesha dealing with some domestic abuse while she is still apprenticed to Bruna. Again, it was right to be cut I think.

The best part of the book was the Grimoire at the end illustrating the wards and giving a brief description of how they fit into the magic system. There's also a Krasian Dictionary that may come in handy as a reference when reading The Desert Spear.

Again, the fanboy in me is glad I read this book, but it is not a "must read" and I would not really recommend it as an introduction to the main series because it really doesn't showcase Brett's talent. I think he has tried to create standalones that can also act as mini chapters of the bigger series; but with too much in too few pages it just ends up a bit flat.

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Mar 17, 2011 sabisteb rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: buch, fantasy

Der große Basar ist eines Sammlung aus 2 Kurzgeschichten und 2 weggefallenen Szenen aus Das Lied der Dunkelheit, die aus den unterschiedlichsten Gründen gestrichen wurden.

Die Kurzgeschichte Der große Basar erzählt von Arlens und Abbans Geschäftsbeziehung und wie Arlen in den Besitz der Karte kam, die ihn nach Anochs Sonne führte.

Die Kurzgeschichte "Brayans Gold" erzählt von Arlens erster langer Tour als Kurier auf welcher er als erster Mensch einem Schneedämon begegnet.

Diese beiden Kurzgeschicht...more Der große Basar ist eines Sammlung aus 2 Kurzgeschichten und 2 weggefallenen Szenen aus Das Lied der Dunkelheit, die aus den unterschiedlichsten Gründen gestrichen wurden.

Die Kurzgeschichte Der große Basar erzählt von Arlens und Abbans Geschäftsbeziehung und wie Arlen in den Besitz der Karte kam, die ihn nach Anochs Sonne führte.

Die Kurzgeschichte "Brayans Gold" erzählt von Arlens erster langer Tour als Kurier auf welcher er als erster Mensch einem Schneedämon begegnet.

Diese beiden Kurzgeschichten werden durch 2 weggefallene Szenen ergänzt, die jedoch in sich so geschlossen sind, dass sie schon als eigenständige Kurzgeschichten gelten können.

Zum einen ist da der weggefallene Prolog, der von einem kleinen Jungen erzählt, der sich nie weiter von daheim entfernen darf, als eine Strecke die es ihm ermöglich abends wieder daheim im Schutze der Siegel zu sein. Sie entstand im Rahmen eines Fantasyworkshops und war der Ausgangspunkt der Geschichte des "painted/warded man", die Peter V. Brett erst Jahre später wirklich schrieb.

Zum anderen wurde aus Gründen des Umfangs eine Szene gestrichen, die Leeshas Arbeit als Heilerin beschreibt und welche Macht mit dieser Position auch einhergeht.

Ergänzt werden diese Geschichten durch eine farbige Karte Krasias, ein krasianisches Lexikon und ein Grimoire der Siegel, welche die Kapitel von Das Lied der Dunkelheit und Das Flüstern der Nacht unterteilen.

Einerseits spielen diese Geschichten zwischen den Kapiteln von Das Lied der Dunkelheit, andererseits wird in diesen Geschichten jedoch schon auf Teile von Das Flüstern der Nacht vorgegriffen, welches erst im August 2010 erscheinen wird, besonders das Grimoire verrät schon einiges aus dem zweiten Band. Ich würde daher fast empfehlen das Buch erst nach Das Flüstern der Nacht zu lesen, weil man dann die Anspielungen auf Abbans Jugend und diese verschollene Khaffit Siedlung in der Wüste viel besser verstehen wird.

Ungeschickt fand ich, dass der Nachname Arlens "Bales", ins Deutsch übersetzt wurde als Arlen Strohballen. Das mag zwar seine bäuerliche Herkunft unterstreichen, ich empfand das als störend. Auch durch die Übersetzung von Corelinge zu Horclingen und Core zu Horc (wohl in Anlehnung an Orcus) wurde eine komplette Bedeutungsebene des Namens eliminiert.

Fazit: Eine schöne Ergänzung zu Das Lied der Dunkelheit und Das Flüstern der Nacht, jedoch ein eher kleines Büchlein mit großer Schrift. Nichts für Leser, die die Romane nicht kennen, für diese ist dieses Büchlein definitiv zu dünne Kost, eher was für Fans der Trilogie.(less)

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May 22, 2013 Ralph rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is part of the The Demon War trilogy, but moreso as a fill-in/short side stories way. The first story is The Great Bazaar, which recounts Arlen's time as a Messenger, his relationship with Abban, and leads into how he finds the lost city of Anoch Sun. This was a nice tie-in to the trilogy, and basically only provides minimal needed information to the trilogy. I have enjoyed the character Arlen, that I found this to be a nice read.

The second story is Brayan's Gold, and it actually takes...more

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Feb 07, 2012 Meg rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, novella, horror

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May 08, 2011 Marc rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Une novella qui ne tient pas les promesses de la quatrième de couverture :
- cette "fable" n'a rien d'épique,
- les personnages n'ont rien d'inoubliable,
- l'intrigue est plutôt mince et n'est pas "impossible à lâcher".

Je concéderai cependant que l'univers de Peter V. Brett m'a semblé tout à fait fascinant avec ces histoires de démons et de runes pour les combattre. Cela étant, je n'ose pas encore tenter Le cycle des démons, tome 1 : l'homme rune de peur de tomber sur une énième histoire de fant...more

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Mar 14, 2013 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-in-a-series, fantasy-science-fiction, short-stories

Desperate for more of the series, I purchased the digital copies of both of Brett’s novellas. This first one was a brief collection. And if The Warded Man had been a DVD, then this would surely be considered the “bonus features”. Each of the three sections included an introduction explaining how they related to the first book in the series and why they were excised (mostly for length). So more than “stories” these felt like deleted scenes. None of them were vital to the overall story arc, but th...more

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Aug 08, 2012 Kat Hooper rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobook

Shame on me for not having read Peter V. Brett’s The Warded Man and The Desert Spear yet. I have them on audio and I look forward to reading them — I just keep thinking that I’ll let Mr. Brett get further along in the series before I jump in (the series has been progressing slowly, but book 3, The Daylight War, comes out next February). Yet I’m attracted to Brett’s world and after reading his novella Brayan’s Gold, I wanted more, so I picked up the audio version of The Great Bazaar, another nove...more Shame on me for not having read Peter V. Brett’s The Warded Man and The Desert Spear yet. I have them on audio and I look forward to reading them — I just keep thinking that I’ll let Mr. Brett get further along in the series before I jump in (the series has been progressing slowly, but book 3, The Daylight War, comes out next February). Yet I’m attracted to Brett’s world and after reading his novella Brayan’s Gold, I wanted more, so I picked up the audio version of The Great Bazaar, another novella set in this land that’s overrun by various types of demons every time it gets dark.

Peter V. Brett explains in his introduction to the print version of The Great Bazaar and Other Stories that The Great Bazaar is chapter 16.5 of The Warded Man. Similar to Brayan’s Gold, it’s one of the short tales detailing Arlen’s work as a messenger. The stories were cut out of the novel to save space and make the story move faster. Brett explains that he’s got plenty of tales to tell about Arlen during this period of his life, so I expect we’ll be seeing more of these tales. Some can already be read in the print version of The Great Bazaar and Other Stories (available on Kindle for $5) and other deleted scenes can be found at Peter V. Brett’s website.

In The Great Bazaar, Arlen is travelling through the desert of Krasia with a map provided by Abban, a dealer in the bazaar. He’s looking for Baha kad’Everam, a deserted city famous for its expensive pottery. Nobody had been there for years because the place has been overrun by demons (including a type that Arlen has never heard of before), but Arlen hopes to find some pottery that will make him rich. Besides these new demons, Arlen also has to deal with the immortal rock demon he calls “One-Arm” who holds a The Great Bazaar by Peter V. Brettgrudge against Arlen and has been pursuing him for years. At the end of the story, Arlen sets out on another interesting quest. Will it be successful? I’ll have to read The Warded Man and The Desert Spear to find out.

I listened to the audio version of The Great Bazaar which was produced earlier this year by Recorded Books. The recording is 1½ hours long and is expertly read by Pete Bradbury who also reads the Brett novels. He does a really nice job and I’m definitely looking forward to beginning The Warded Man. (less)

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Jun 27, 2012 Soteris rated it 5 of 5 stars

Peter V. Brett truly is a modern great, a master of his art. In the few words needed to create this short story which is read in the space of a couple of hours, he was able to capture the world that Arlen lives in with almost as much detail as a full length novel.
This book covers parts of Arlens life as a messenger and his quest for knowledge about the ancient symbols that will help mankind fight back against the demon infested world that plagues them.
Well worth reading whether you've read the...more

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Dec 05, 2012 David Taylor rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: demon-cycle, fantasy, high-fantasy, short-stories

The Great Bazaar And Other Stories, Peter V. Brett

One of the key events in the The Painted Man is when Arlen Bales, a young and daring messenger, finds an ancient spear in the ruins of Anoch Sun that has been marked with the fabled 'attack' wards. These wards are needed in order to kill the hordes of demons that rise from the Core each night and have been lost for centuries, meaning that all mankind has been able to do to resist them henceforth is to repel the demons from our homes and scant rem...more

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Jan 11, 2012 Seak (Bryce L.) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

I probably don't need to mention this again, but I love the Demon Cycle by Peter Brett. It just gets me. It's not perfect, but there are so many great things about it that I can easily dismiss/overlook/completely ignore any shortcomings. I keep reading and I can't get enough.

Brett has created literary crack.

The Great Bazaar and Other Stories takes place somewhere in the middle (time-wise) of The Warded Man, book one of the Demon Cycle. Our hero, Arlen Bales, is working as a messenger -those who...more

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Oct 11, 2011 Mark rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010-read

When I read The Painted Man last year it became one of my favourite books I'd ever read. It had everything I wanted and Peter V Brett told the story in such a way that I just couldn't put it down until I reached the last page. The sequel, The Desert Spear, became one of the top three books I was looking forward to this year, but when Subterranean Press announced The Great Bazaar I knew I had to have it. Fortunately I managed to get my order in and when it arrived I quickly managed to get over my...more When I read The Painted Man last year it became one of my favourite books I'd ever read. It had everything I wanted and Peter V Brett told the story in such a way that I just couldn't put it down until I reached the last page. The sequel, The Desert Spear, became one of the top three books I was looking forward to this year, but when Subterranean Press announced The Great Bazaar I knew I had to have it. Fortunately I managed to get my order in and when it arrived I quickly managed to get over my fanboy giddiness and jumped straight into it. It was just what I needed to tie me over until The Desert Spear hit the shelves!

To make things clear, The Great Bazaar is a short novella, but also contained here are two deleted scenes from the novel along with an appendix of Krasian phrases and what they mean plus a section on the various wards in the world of the Demon Cycle. Because of this it's very difficult to go into too much detail without spoiling anything for those that haven't read it. However, here's a short bit about each of them:

The Great Bazaar

The highlight of this short book by far. It follows Arlen during his messenger days before he finds the old combat wards. It revolves around the Krasian city of the Desert Spear where Arlen once again meets up with Abban who provides him with details of a deserted Krasian settlement about a weeks journey from Krasia itself. Abban promises great finds here and specifies just what he could find, but not all is as easy as it seems and Arlen find himself caught off guard when he reaches the place Abban has told him about.

I really, really enjoyed this short story and thought it proved a very good foundation to head into The Desert Spear. Not only that, but seeing some more of a younger, pre-painted man Arlen was good. It also shows a little more of the relationship he has with Abban as well as a little more detail about the Krasian society. Loved it.

Deleted Scenes

One deleted scene from The Painted man is just a little more character development for Leesha, but it works well and, in my opinion at least, could easily have been present in the first book. The second is Brett's original opening chapter of The Painted Man, following Arlen as a child as he spends the day outside travelling as far as he dares from his home before turning around and returning before the fall of night. I think this scene was right to be cut from the final product as it's a little too different to fit in well.

Extras

The Krasian and Wards appendices are also a nice little touch, but ultimately they don't have the must-read factor of the main story present here. Worth seeing though and it makes up the pages in what could have been a too-short book.

Conclusion

I'm, as previously stated, a huge fan of The Painted Man, so my opinion of this will be biased. The Great Bazaar is worth reading and is a stand-out story that really hits the mark. It could also be seen as a good introduction the the series, although I would recommend reading The Painted Man first. My only disappointment is that it's such a short collection. The 'other stories' of the title is a little misleading as they are simply a couple of deleted scenes and I would have loved to see another couple of stories focusing on Arlen's messenger days here. Also, Brett's introductions and reasons why the scenes are a nice inclusion and add that little extra to the collection.

At the end of the day I came away full satisfied and as a fan of Brett's work I would recommend this in a heartbeat to other fans. It's worth the price and, as always with Subterranean Press' releases, it's a high quality book. Fans should check it out for sure.(less)

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Apr 30, 2013 Kenny McGinnis rated it 3 of 5 stars

Good read! I agree that the original story was probably better off with the "Other Stories" deleted scenes removed for the reasons explained within; however, I really do like Arlen's quests in the Great Bazaar and Brayan's Gold and wish that they have been in the Warded Man. They fill what was a large time gap where Arlen was missing from the main story, and I like that he's forced to battle demons before becoming fully warded. I give more stars to "The Great Bazaar" than I do to the "Other Stor...more

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Aug 23, 2010 Seizure Romero rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: sf-fantasy, library

When I picked this up at the library I was unaware that it was part of a much larger work; the stories here were cut from the final draft of The Warded Man, the first book in the Demon Trilogy. I like Brett's writing, and it's been quite some time since I dived into a fantasy epic-- maybe I'll pick them all up when the last book comes out.

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Oct 17, 2012 Todd rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

I have a hard time reviewing such a short work and although the story is a fun little contribution to the world, there just wasn't enough of a conflict for me in it. Arlen vs. Demons, but then having read the Painted Man/Desert Spear I know that he's not about to die while looking for pottery, so it's pretty much a deleted scene from the painted man, not really a stand alone story. Anyways, it's good reading for fans of the Demon War Cycle.

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Dec 29, 2012 Joel Pearson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: signed-copies, hard-copy

A fun short story about Arlen's time in the Desert Spear, mostly focused around his time with Abban. A quick read - and slightly overpriced at $5 - but something cool for anyone who is enthralled with this series, as I am. Something nice to hold you over until The Daylight War comes out in February. The story itself is well written, as the original books were, and the deleted scenes, while brief, are also worth the read as well. Hard to rate it too high considering it's overpriced, and not parti...more

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Feb 01, 2013 Gunner McGrath rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, short-stories

The Great Bazaar is a good story and a nice addition to The Warded Man, though it would not work terribly well on its own. Even though it was written after that novel was completed, it still has the feel of a deleted scene, one which reveals a small mystery left open in the original book but is otherwise just a fun little indulgence with no serious purpose.

Arlen is the deleted prologue to The Warded Man which was written far before the rest of the book. I can see why it was removed but it's act...more

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Jan 07, 2012 Kai Mundwiler rated it 4 of 5 stars

Short story in one of the new worlds that I'm quickly falling in love with.

This is a just a short snippet that gives the reader a little background info on Arlen's time as a Messenger.

If you like the world that Brett has created and you're (im)patiently waiting for the next book in the series this is a way to sate your thirst.

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Apr 15, 2012 Joe rated it 5 of 5 stars

Really great novella that gives you great insight into what led Arlen to discover Anoch Sun, which would eventually lead to the discovery of the old wards. It was very well written, and unfortunately only made me want The Daylight War to be out even more. Unfortunately the new '13 release date isn't getting closer very quickly.

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Jan 14, 2013 Mariam rated it 3 of 5 stars

It was interesting, though the insidious and slippery nature of Abban's relationship did put me off for a bit. This was the first time the reader sees Abban without Arlen's perspective. It reflected some of Arlen's naivity. Naivity which I suppose is an essetial part of Arlen and contributes to his honourable character. This ficlet makes the reader insecure about Abban's motives in the future, and reminds us that Abban isat no one's side- not even Arlen's. Though he does have a twisted sense of...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Flo Mair rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Zwei Geschichten die in zeitlichen Lücken der Lieds der Dunkelheit spielen. Zum einen wie Arlen an die Karte zur vergessen Stadt Anochs Sonne kommt. Zum anderen wie er seine erste Tour als Kurier in eine entlegene Goldmine unternimmt. Ergänzt durch einige gestrichene Szenen aus dem "Lied der Dunkelheit" macht "Der große Basar" richtig Lust auf das "Flüstern der Nacht"! Kanns kaum erwarten... :)

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Oct 05, 2011 Jeffery Mace rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

A strong short story that explains Arlen's time in Karsia leading up to finding the combat wards. Also 2 deleted scenes that are basically self-contained very short-stories. Plus a ward grimore and dictionary. Very good for fans of Brett

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Mar 03, 2011 Madalina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: anthology, humor, war, magic, action

Hey, it's like having the characters for the afternoon tea: nobody has to be places, nobody has to save the world and they all share stories and we, the ordinary folk "oooh" around them and ask stupid things like "how did that feel?" and "were you scared?"

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Dec 27, 2012 Ricky rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm reading it to get back into the series with the daylight wars out in six weeks. It's nothing amazing, just revisits and fills in some gaps but I love the series so much that any exposure is good.

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Feb 24, 2012 Robert Placencia rated it 5 of 5 stars

A great story that completes the picture on a few of the items I've always wondered about after reading The Warded Man. (ie: how he found Anoch Sun).

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Jan 10, 2011 Peter rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: collection, fantasy

Short and entertaining, this little book gives another glimpse at the world behind The Warded Man and The Desert Spear. There are few new things in here, although we get more background on Abban's story and the ward grimoire is lots of fun - I'm sure it was even better in the Subterranean edition (I unfortunately could only get hold of the ebook version).

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Mar 05, 2012 Beth rated it 5 of 5 stars

Loved it! I love knowing every single extra detail I can about characters, so this book of a few deleted scenes was awesome!

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Sep 15, 2012 Edie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fun short read for fans of the Warded Man series. I'm looking forward to reading the next installment in 2013!

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Dec 25, 2011 Suzie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: epic-fantasy

Lived being able to see Arlens story continue through the eyes of another character. I love Abbaan, he's such a scoundrel.

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Raised on a steady diet of fantasy novels, comic books, and Dungeons & Dragons, Peter V. Brett (“Peat” to his friends) has been writing fantasy stories for as long as he can remember. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Art History from the University at Buffalo in 1995, and then spent over a decade in pharmaceutical publishing before returning to his bliss. He live...more

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Malowany człowiek. Księga I (Demoniczny Cykl, #1.1)

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