Penric's Demon
A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods
The Penric & Desdemona Series: Book #1
- By: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 4 hours 2 minutes
Description
On his way to his betrothal, young Lord Penric comes upon a riding accident with an elderly lady on the ground, her maidservant and guardsmen distraught. As he approaches to help, he discovers that the lady is a Temple divine, servant to the five gods of this world. Her avowed god is the Bastard, “master of all disasters out of season,” and with her dying breath she bequeaths her mysterious powers to Penric. From that moment on, Penric’s life is irreversibly changed, and his life is in danger from those who envy or fear him.Set in the fantasy world of the author’s acclaimed novels The Curse of Chalion, Paladin of Souls, and The Hallowed Hunt, this novella has the depth of characterization and emotional complexity that distinguishes Bujold’s work.
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The Penric & Desdemona Series Series
Penric's Demon
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 4 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
On his way to his betrothal, young Lord Penric comes upon a riding accident with an elderly lady on the ground, her maidservant and guardsmen distraught. As he approaches to help, he discovers that the lady is a Temple divine, servant to the five gods of this world. Her avowed god is the Bastard, “master of all disasters out of season,” and with... Read more »
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Penric and the Shaman
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
In this novella set in the World of the Five Gods and four years after the events in Penric’s Demon, Penric is a divine of the Bastard’s Order as well as a sorcerer and scholar, living in the palace where the Princess-Archdivine holds court. His scholarly work is interrupted when the Archdivine agrees to send Penric, in his role as sorcerer, to... Read more »
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Penric's Fox
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 4 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Some eight months after the events of Penric and the Shaman, Learned Penric, sorcerer and scholar, travels to Easthome, the capital of the Weald. There he again meets his friends Shaman Inglis and Locator Oswyl. When the body of a sorceress is found in the woods, Oswyl draws him into another investigation, and they must all work together to... Read more »
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Penric's Mission
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
In his thirtieth year, Penric fell in love with light …Learned Penric, a sorcerer and divine of the Bastard’s Order, travels across the sea to sunlit Cedonia on his first covert diplomatic mission, to attempt to secure the services of a disaffected Cedonian general for the Duke of Adria. However, nothing is as it seems: Penric is betrayed and... Read more »
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Mira's Last Dance
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 3 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
In this sequel to the novella Penric’s Mission, the injured Penric, a Temple sorcerer and learned divine, tries to guide the betrayed General Arisaydia and his widowed sister Nikys across the last hundred miles of hostile Cedonia to safety in the Duchy of Orbas.In the town of Sosie, the fugitive party encounters unexpected delays, and even more... Read more »
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The Prisoner of Limnos
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 5 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
In this sequel novella to Mira's Last Dance, Temple sorcerer Penric and the widow Nikys have finally reached safety in the duchy of Orbas when a secret letter from a friend brings frightening news: Nikys' mother has been taken hostage by her brother's enemies at the Cedonian imperial court, and confined in a precarious island sanctuary.Their own... Read more »
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The Orphans of Raspay
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
When the ship in which they are traveling is captured by Carpagamon island raiders, Temple sorcerer Penric and his resident demon Desdemona find their life complicated by two young orphans, Lencia and Seuka Corva, far from home and searching for their missing father. Pen and Des will need all their combined talents of mind and magic to unravel... Read more »
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The Physicians of Vilnoc
By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
When a mysterious plague breaks out in the army fort guarding Vilnoc, the port capital of the duchy of Orbas, Temple sorcerer Penric and his demon Desdemona are called upon by General Arisaydia to resurrect Penric’s medical skills and solve its lethal riddle. In the grueling days that follow, Pen will find that even his magic is not enough to... Read more »
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