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The Demon's Lexicon

by Sarah Rees Brennan
Published
1 June 2009
Pages
326
ISBN-13
9781416994923
Type
novel
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About this book

The Demon's Lexicon opens Sarah Rees Brennan's debut trilogy in June 2009 at 326 pages, narrated from the point of view of Nick Ryves as he and his brother Alan run from the magicians hunting their family.

Key facts about The Demon's Lexicon

The Demon's Lexicon is a novel by Sarah Rees Brennan. Readers have had it since 1 June 2009. It runs to 326 pages.

Our list holds 2 editions of The Demon's Lexicon. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781416994923 to find the main one.

The Demon's Lexicon is book 1 of 3 in The Demon's Lexicon series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. The Demon's Surrender is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 14 June 2011.

Additionally, Sarah Rees Brennan writes The Lynburn Legacy, Shadowhunter Chronicles: Short Fiction Collections and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Novels), plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our young adult fantasy, fantasy and epic fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, All Hail Chaos is the latest published Sarah Rees Brennan book on file, from 12 May 2026.

About Sarah Rees Brennan

Sarah Rees Brennan is an Irish young adult fantasy author known for the Demon's Lexicon trilogy and other genre fiction, as well as her contributions to the Shadowhunter short fiction anthologies set within Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter Chronicles universe. See every Sarah Rees Brennan book in order.

Its place in The Demon's Lexicon

The Demon's Lexicon is book 1 in the The Demon's Lexicon series. It is followed by The Demon's Covenant. See the full The Demon's Lexicon reading order.

Nick and Alan Ryves have spent their whole lives running from the magicians who killed their father and want their mother dead too, surviving on stolen magic, con-artist charm, and Nick's willingness to use a knife first and ask questions never. When a strange boy and his sister turn up at their door hunted by the same magicians, Nick and Alan reluctantly take them in -- and Nick starts to realize how much his older brother Alan has been keeping from him about their family, their mother's sanity, and the demon…

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