4/10/2023 0 Comments Book of demons patch notes![]() ![]() It was a discovery process - only by writing the books did I manage to figure out what the BIG story was. This ended up as book 3 of the series.Īs I was writing all of those books, the overall storyline was slowly coming together inside my mind. ![]() Then I decided to write another book, set between "Lord Loss" and the new novels. After that, I wrote two more novels (a two-part story), which became books 5 and 6. The second book that I wrote, in 2003, was set sixteen hundred years in the past and, among other things, explained how Lord Loss developed his love of chess. Like I said in the Book 1 notes, I didn't plan to write a series. "Demon Thief" was actually the sixth book of "The Demonata" that I wrote. But in the beginning, each book was designed to be read and enjoyed by itself. As readers progressed through the series, they started to see a bigger picture emerge, and ideas and plot-lines click together. You could read "Demon Thief" without having read "Lord Loss" and be able to easily follow everything that happens. At first it might seem to tie in only very loosely with "Lord Loss" and the next couple of books, but by the time of books 5 and 6, reader were able to see how everything connected, and all the various plot-lines and ideas started to come smoothly together.Įach book in the first half of the series was meant to be read as a stand-alone novel. It also lay the seeds for what was to follow in later books. This book answered all those questions, and a whole lot more. ![]() Lots of questions went unanswered - where do magicians get their magical powers from? What is the universe of the Demonata like? How do demons cross from their universe into ours? And if they're so powerful, why haven't they wiped out humanity? We didn't learn a huge amount about demons and magic in the first book. That meant that any of the three main characters could die at any stage along the line.Īlthough the book was a prequel to "Lord Loss", and Grubbs wasn't in it, a couple of familiar faces from the first book popped up in unexpected fashion! If one of the main story-tellers perished, the other pair could carry on regardless. He had to, since he was the person telling the tale! But here, the rules were different. In "The Saga of Darren Shan" readers always knew that no matter how perilous the situation, Darren would pull through and survive. (The third was Bec, who we first met in book 4.) The advantage of having three different narrators was that any one of them could pick up the story in later books. Kernel was the second, and he took up the narrative reins in book 2. Grubbs was the first, and we saw the story of book 1 through his eyes. ![]() This confused some readers, but it became clear as we went along that there are three main characters in The Demonata and the story moves backwards and forward in time over the course of the series. "Demon Thief" was set roughly 30 years before the events described in "Lord Loss" - so Grubbs Grady wasn't in it. I can't remember why it seemed like a good idea to release a new book in the middle of the Christmas season bookselling madness! It was the only time we did this - we stuck to a June and October release schedule for the rest of the series. Author Notes:The second book in The Demonata series went on sale in the UK & Ireland on 5th December 2005. The child it has kidnapped is Art.Ĭan Kernel find the courage to step through the window after the demon in a desperate attempt to rescue his brother? And if so, what wonders and terrors will he discover in the crazy, barbaric universe of the evil, twisted Demonata?!? Find you when you read "Book 2 of The Demonata - Demon Thief". The beast slaughters many of the children, then kidnaps one of them and retreats back to its own universe. Until one day a crazy old woman summons a demon. One year later, Kernel is enjoying himself. When he returns, his memory a blank, his panicked parents whisk Kernel and his younger brother, Art, away from their home, off to an isolated village, to start a new life. But when he manages to link some of the lights together, he creates a window into another universe, and disappears for several days. He's always been different - he can see strange patches of light in the air around him. Plot Outline:Kernel Fleck's a lonely child. ![]()
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