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The Orphans of Raspay (Penric and Desdemona Novella in the World of the Five Gods)

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ISBN-13:	9781596069725
Publisher:	Subterranean Press
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Series:	Penric and Desdemona Series , #7
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)

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A science fiction legend, Lois McMaster Bujold is one of the most highly regarded speculative fiction writers of all time. She has won three Nebula Awards and six Hugo Awards, four for Best Novel, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. The majority of Bujold's works comprise three separate book series: the Miles Vorkosigan Saga, the Chalion Series, and the Sharing Knife Series. The mother of two, Ms. Bujold lives in Minneapolis.

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05/18/2020
Bujold’s seventh addition to her fantasy World of the Five Gods series (after The Prisoner of Limnos) offers a pleasant little side quest for Penric, a Temple sorcerer, and Desdemona, the chaos demon living inside him. Sent overseas on a problem-solving mission by the archdivine of Orbas, Pen is captured by pirates and hurled into their noxious brig, where he finds two young sisters from Raspay, Lencia and Seuka Corva. The girls were kidnapped while searching for their absentee father and are to be ransomed or sold at the pirates’ port. Their mother’s dead and their father’s in the wind, so Pen and Desdemona take responsibility for their safety. Bujold creates a series of amusing misadventures as Pen, Desdemona, and the girls try to escape the pirates and the slave brokers with the girls, interspersed with reflections on his marital situation, and inherited memories from Des’s previous human hosts. Pen’s knack for “borrowing trouble” (as Desdemona puts it) and the respect he has for those less fortunate are both as endearing as ever. Series fans will be gratified by this gentle but diverting episode.(July)

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06/01/2020
As he's heading back home to his wife Nikys, Temple sorcerer Penric's ship is overtaken by pirates, and he is taken hostage after hiding his true work and disguising himself as a scribe. In the hold of a Carpagamon raider ship, Penric also discovers two young sisters, Lencia and Seuka Corva, who were searching for their merchant father. Now the three—along with Penric's resident demon Desdemona—are at port hoping for ransom. When a trader bids for them and their future as slaves seems certain, Penric uses his skills, along with his knowledge from one of Desdemona's previous hosts, to try to escape. When Penric is discovered to be a sorcerer, he will also need to escape those who consider him an abomination. VERDICT Bujold's seventh "Penric and Desdemona" story (after The Prisoner of Limnos) is just as engaging as her previous works, highlighting a unique duo and their exciting travails. The expansive worldbuilding is detailed and filled with intriguing characters.—Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst.,Northampton

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