The Painted Man

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The Painted Man

UK edition of The Painted Man
Author	Peter V. Brett
Cover artist	Larry Rostant
Language	English
Series	The Demon Cycle
Genre	Fantasy, Horror
Publisher	HarperCollins (UK) Del Rey Books (US)
Publication date	September 1, 2008
Publication place	United Kingdom, United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	544
ISBN	978-0-00-727613-4
Followed by	The Desert Spear

The Painted Man (titled The Warded Man in the US) is a fantasy novel written by American writer Peter V. Brett. It is the first part of the Demon Cycle. It was first published by HarperCollins's Voyager imprint in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2008, and was published in the United States under the title of The Warded Man in March 2009. It has been translated into German, Japanese, Polish, Czech, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Serbian, Estonian and Turkish.^[1] There is also a Graphic Audio production of the book.