The Daylight War

The Demon Cycle, Book 3

By: Peter V. Brett

Narrated by: Pete Bradbury

Length: 26 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

Peter V. Brett has won rave reviews for his internationally best-selling novels, including his stunning debut, The Warded Man.

A continuation of his epic Demon Cycle series, The Daylight War features Inevera, the wife of Jadir, who took center stage in Book 2, The Desert Spear. In this heart-stopping installment, humanity continues to struggle against the demon plague - even as survivors hold out hope that the Deliverer will save them all. On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men, both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all.

©2013 Peter V. Brett (P)2013 Recorded Books

Continuation of a fabulous series

Wow! I just love this series! The down side of this installment is Rena. I can't quite figure out what her point is in the story. She is rather one dimensional and doesn't seem to propel or give depth to the story or the other characters. The other characters continue to grow and interact wonderfully! My only other disappointment is that the next book is yet to be released!

what a series! what a story!

This is the final story in the Demon Cycle. It is a masterwork.
The characters are full, and robust. The struggle between what is good and what is not, is ever expanding and constricting, ebbing and flowing into a believable pattern of events and subsequent conclusions. It all comes together, perhaps a bit to quickly, in the end.
Happy, happy reading. I hope more is to come..

Much better than the first two books.

Great book. I liked the first two well enough. but this one is outstanding!

Likely the best book in the series.

Very easy to listen to. Shot though it as fast as my time would allow.

Just as good as the others

The only reason I didn't give the "story" section of this review 5 stars is because some parts seem to drag on and on and on and on. That is only my personal opinion. I like a little faster pace in a story. However the author does an amazing job in his descriptions. If you are a fan of very detailed writing then this issue will not bother you. I absolutely love this series. I recommend this entire series to anyone. Now I will finish this review so I can download the next book. ;-).

A cliff hanger of an ending

Any additional comments?

I believe this book kept up the quality of the first two books. I brings yet a third prospective to the story of The Warded Man bringing depth to all the main characters. To me it has developed into a well thought out story bringing in a complete story of all the characters. I was disappointed with the Cliff Hanger ending as we have to wait possibly years for the next book to come out.

It Really Could Have Benn Better!!

Really enjoyed this addition, much better than the 2nd book... but still all my points in the 2nd book still apply... too many familiar things with this world... too many....

But liked the development of the worded man and how he is coming with things... enjoyed the development of many characters and there choices...

The ending in this book was good... for some reason I assumed it was the last addition to the series but oh no, there will be more for sure..... wonder how things will be like next.

Again... it could have been much much better book....

Best of the series

There's not much to say, this book is easily my favorite of the series. Author and narrator have done a superb job. Much of the book gives you another point of view to many of the events in book two, and tries to explain and justify the great betrayal.

The last 10 minutes of the book will have you gripping your chair in anticipation. I warn you now that after you read the last sentence you will curse Peter V. Brett for making you wait for book four.

Amazing series

Would you consider the audio edition of The Daylight War to be better than the print version?

I didn't read the print version

Who was your favorite character and why?

Arlen. He's an interesting character, not often found in other stories.

Have you listened to any of Pete Bradbury’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have in other books in the series. He does both male and female characters very well. So far, he's the best narrator I have encountered.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me laugh quite a bit, both in mirth and exhumation

Hated it, then Loved it, then...

I bought this book some time ago, started to listen to it and absolutely hated it! Maybe it was just me, maybe my head wasn't in the right place. When I recently ran out of other listening material and decided to just hunker down and bear it, so I started over from the beginning again. I originally rated it 1 star, but as you can see, have revised my rating to 4 stars :)

In the beginning, I didn't like the narrator, his voice sounded like he had a very bad cold, which maybe he did (or maybe he just grew on me) because I found myself really liking him after a while. I'm not sure if his voice changed or if I just grew accustomed to him.

This book can be very confusing at times, which may only be true in Audio form. It changes between time, place, and character sets quite often and there is little indication (at least in the audio format) when that is happening, so I went through some confusion at the start of each new segment.

The author uses a lot of complex foreign words to name things, people, places, events, etc. which change depending on the person's point of view from which he is writing. Yes, it may be very authentic, but many times I found myself not even trying to figure out what was being said or referred to, and just waiting to pick up the clues based on context. For example, one character may have 5+ parts to his/her name (think middle eastern) but also have 2 or 3 additional names due to their classification in the society. Add on top of that the point of view of the speaker and you will understand why, many times, it took me a while to even understand who was speaking or to whom they were speaking.

Okay, that's the bad stuff... This truly is a sweeping and epic novel that covers a lot of territory, nations, characters, and time. The story lines are complex, but very fulfilling and creative. The inter-personal relationships are also complex and satisfying. The action is fairly constant and well done.

Overall, I found myself very drawn into the story, captivated by the action, empathetic with the characters, and sad when the book ended. If you don't let any of the negatives get to you early on, you will be rewarded with yet another great novel in this series!