Fantasy

Demon Daughter

by Lois McMaster BujoldBook 12 of 16 in The World of the Five Gods: Penric
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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.

What it’s like

ThemeTheologicalContemporary FantasyMysticalWhimsicalUnlikely AlliesComing of Age
ViolenceStandard
CombatIncidental

Details

First published
January 7, 2024
Pages
153
Reading time
About 3 hours
Format
Novella
Audience
Adult
Language
English
ISBN
9781645242192
Series
The World of the Five Gods: Penric, Book 12

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