Russell's ebook Library
1 - Penric's Demon
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [1]: 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 ...
2 - Penric and the Shaman
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [2]: 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 hold...
3 - Penric's Fox
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [3]: 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 ...
3.5 - Masquerade in Lodi
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [3.50]: Bastard’s Eve is a night of celebration for most residents in the canal city of Lodi - but not for sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona, who find themselves caught up in the affairs of a shiplost madman, a dangerou...
4 - Penric's Mission
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [4]: 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 ...
5 - Mira's Last Dance
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [5]: 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 ...
6 - The Prisoner of Limnos
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [6]: In this sequel novella to "Mira's Last Dance", Temple sorcerer Penric and the widow Nikys have reached safety in the duchy of Orbas when a secret letter from a friend brings frightening news: Nikys's mother has been taken hostage by he...
7 - The Orphans of Raspay
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [7]: 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 sea...
8 - The Physicians of Vilnoc
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [8]: 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 ...
9 - The Assassins of Thasalon
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [9]: 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 g...
