# The desert spear

**Author(s):** Peter V. Brett
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (2 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-desert-spear/verdict.json
**Genres:** literary-fiction, fantasy
**Pages:** 579
**Publisher:** Del Rey-Ballantine Books
**Published:** Fri Jan 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780345503817
**ISBN-10:** 0345503813
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-desert-spear

## Series
- The Demon Cycle (#2)

## SageChimp reader verdict

The desert spear has only 2 unpaid published reviews on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 2 (avg 5.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-desert-spear/verdict.json

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**Themes:** Survival

## Community Reviews (showing 2 of 2)

### ★★★★★ The perfect example of an under rated book in an under rated searies — r-s-curtis
This is a fantastic book in a fantastic series that most people never really talk about.  The story is good, the prose is good and the protagonist and his journey was absolutely wonderful.  In my opinion, this series is screaming for a screen adaptation.  The magic system (systems really) are fresh and make for an exciting read.  Highly recommended.

### ★★★★★ (Untitled) — kristin