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The Desert Spear

2010 novel by Peter V. Brett
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Summary

The Desert Spear is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (227 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Peter V. Brett[3]
  • Publisher: HarperCollins[4]
  • Genre: horror fiction[5], fantasy[6]
  • Follows: The Painted Man[7]
  • Part of the series: The Demon Cycle[8]
  • Language of work or name: American English[9], English[10]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[11]
  • Publication date: March 27, 2010[12]
  • Has edition or translation: La Lance du désert[13], The Desert Spear[14]
  • Nominated for: Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel[15]
  • Title: The Desert Spear[16]
  • Form of creative work: novel[17]

Why It Matters

The Desert Spear is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → horror fiction, fantasy
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    Publication date → +2010-03-27T00:00:00Z
    Open library id → OL14981238W
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