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The Assassins of Thasalon

A Penric & Desdemona Novella in the World of the Five Gods

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The Assassins of Thasalon

By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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An unholy attack upon his brother-in-law, General Arisaydia, pitches sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon, Desdemona, headlong into the snake pit of Cedonian imperial politics. But they will not travel alone. The mission from his god brings Penric some of his strangest new allies yet and the return of some of his most valued old ones.

This novel-length story takes place two years after the events of The Physicians of Vilnoc.

©2021 Lois McMaster Bujold (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing
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Clever Plot Twists • Delightful Humor • Wonderful Narration • Complex Storytelling • Satisfying Conclusion
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The Penric & Desdemona tales are all wonderful -- to have a novel length story narrated by Grover Gardner is beyond wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

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LMB is a master wordsmith, and I'm lucky I found her, even if it took a while

love it!!!

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Nice to see Penric and Desdomona. story full of interesting and unexpected haracters and growing family.

Another great story

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A fine story, with a really wise and generous hearted man, Penric. It is a satisfying story where every character counts. Bujold is wonderful at world-building and keeping a fantasy element well-grounded so that character matters most.

Satisfying characters and world

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For lovers of Penric and Desdemona, this newest installment doesn’t disappoint. With her signature wisdom, humor, and insight Bujold unspools this delightful tale with all our beloved favorite characters, as well as a few interesting new ones. Grover Gardner, as usual, creates his magic, bringing warmth, depth and exactly the right balance of heartfelt pleasure and poignancy. Altogether satisfying and enjoyable!

Wonderful addition to a cherished series

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everything she writes is gold. I have loved all her books. they are all just so good.

love it

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I love the back and forth between Pen and Des, and how they outfox (so to speak) their various opponents.

Another Pen & Desdona story!

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It has been several years since I read books from this series but after a bit, I remembered Pen and Desdemona. I am a huge fan of Lois McMaster Bujold. She writes outstanding characters and intrigue and the Vorkosigan Saga was something very special. I miss Miles and members of his family like long-lost friends. The narration by Grover Gardner was as always outstanding. This is a fun little story, worth the credit and worth reading.

Fun story

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Political intrigue with interesting backdrop of fantasy theology and magic. The temple demon lore is interesting. So far my favourite of the Penric novels, but doesn't quite hold a candle to Bujold's epic Vorkosigan Saga. I so wish there could be more of them.

Bujold never fails to entertain!

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This is Penric and Desdemona at their finest! Now for the first time Bujold released a full sized novel! The book starts out with a bang, a failed assassination attempt. Since the target had been Penric brother-in-law and a Demon was involved Penric and Desdemona really couldn't help but get involved! Especially after their God, the God of Chaos, gives the command! Of course there's plenty of political intrigue too. It wouldn't be a Penric novel without that!
The nice thing about a novel length book is that it gives Lois Mcmaster Bujold room to stretch! And because they went back to Thasalon, a place they had to escape from earlier in the stories timeline. That gave Bujold the opportunity to reunight Penric and Desdemona with a few characters and tie-up some story threads nicely!
The audiobook, at least a Lois Mcmaster Bujold audiobook wouldn't be complete without Grover Gardner's wonderful narration!

Penric and Desdemona at their finest!

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