Demon Daughter
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Publisher Description
A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas, and sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona into conflict—with each other. It will take all of Penric’s wits, his wife Nikys’s wisdom, and the hand of the fifth god’s strangest saint to untangle the threads of their future.
The internal chronological order of the Penric & Desdemona tales is presently:
“Penric’s Demon”
“Penric and the Shaman”
“Penric’s Fox”
“Masquerade in Lodi”
“Penric’s Mission”
“Mira’s Last Dance”
“The Prisoner of Limnos”
“The Orphans of Raspay”
“The Physicians of Vilnoc”
The Assassins of Thasalon
“Knot of Shadows”
“Demon Daughter”
“A superb craftsman and stylist, Ms. Bujold is well on her way to becoming one of the great voices of speculative fiction.”
- Rave Reviews
“Bujold has a gift.”
- Chicago Sun Times
“Best-selling author Bujold follows her Hugo-nominated “Penric and the Shaman” (2017) with another adventure featuring the sorcerer Penric and his resident 200-year-old chaos demon, Desdemona. ... Series fans will be delighted with this tale, which begs for continuation.”
- Booklist on “Penric's Mission”
"Bujold follows 'Penric's Demon' with another brief tale set in her World of the Five Gods, this time combining supernatural sleuthing with finely drawn characters and a panoply of emotions... This is a wonderful expansion of her World of the Five Gods."
- Publisher's Weekly *Starred Review* on "Penric and the Shaman"
"Series fans and fantasy readers who seek well-drawn characters will love this tale."
- Publisher's Weekly on "Mira's Last Dance"
"Bujold's delightful latest tale of Penric ... is another winner in Bujold's already strong series."
- Publisher's Weekly *Starred Review* on "The Prisoner of Limnos"
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bujold's 13th Penric and Desdemona fantasy (after Penric's Labors) takes the series in a more introspective direction as, for the first time, she places her two leads in conflict with each other. Temple sorcerer Pen and Des, the chaos demon with whom he shares a body, are called to help when an apparently possessed young girl, Otta, washes ashore in a nearby fishing village. After Pen, Des, and Pen's wife, Nikys, determine that the child is indeed hosting a very young demon, they face a multipronged quandary. It's unknown whether anyone else on Otta's father's ship survived and, if so, whether they'll claim a child with a demon. Temple policy is to bring uncontrolled demons before a Temple saint, who will decide whether to remove it or leave it with the host. While Pen and Nikys grow fond of Otta, Des begins to care for the young demon, putting them at odds. "You think you're taking an adopted child to be cured of a disease," Des argues, "but I would be taking an adopted child to be executed." Seeing these two at cross-purposes puts a fresh twist on Bujold's formula, allowing her to reveal new sides to each character. This works well as a quiet interlude between the action of previous volumes and the adventures that await.
