Knot of Shadows

A Penric & Desdemona Novella, Book 11

De: Lois McMaster Bujold

Narrado por: Grover Gardner

When a corpse found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor is not quite as dead as it seems, Temple sorcerer Penric and his chaos demon Desdemona are drawn into the uncanny investigation. Pen’s keen questions will take him across the city of Vilnoc, and into far more profound mysteries, as his search for truths interlaces with tragedy.

©2021 Lois McMaster Bujold (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing

Back to the beginning

I get people talking about how sad this story is, and there is definitely the moment when you realize what is happening, but overall it’s a beautiful story — one that is a call back to the beginning, all the way to the first moments of The Curse of Chalion.

I hope this isn’t the last Pen & Dez story, but if it is, coming full circle like this is a good way to go.

exceptional!

Lois McMaster Bujold and Grover Gardner never disappoint. I can't imagine a better performances of this novella, or indeed, any of the Penric and Des novellas. Such thoughtful writing and insight. Gently evocative and beautiful written. Love, love , love them all.

mystery and theology

grover garder does a warm inviting narration. Pendric is getting wiser and with a growing family. I do wonder if we will see him as part of the demon in a 5 gods novel in a later time

Enjoyable

As usual, very entertaining entry in the Penrik & Desdemona series. Excellently well written and read, just a joy to hear!

Moved me to tears several times

Well done, Lois. The world of the five gods grows ever more compelling with every volume.

My favorite author

Very successfully uses the fantasy element to leverage examination of the human character. Characters I enjoy meeting.

Excellent Bujold Desdemona & Pendric story:

as usual in a multi-mystery format. The universe of the Five Gods has a complex rule format for solving human reactions to real world happenings and this is made much more problematic when magick is included in the story! Kudos to Bujold in the complexity of this story!

Love these stories

My favorite part about Pen and Desdemona is the relationship between the demon and the human. They both have distinct and fun personalities that give perspective to any situation. I hope there are lots more coming.

Detective Novella

Another excellent novella in this excellent series. Bujold writes characters as well as anyone in literature, and this is another example. More development of Penric's character furthered by a very good plot. Note that this is more of a detective story than an adventure story.

Series strongly recommended.

more of the same

it's an enjoyable series of relatively short listens, and this one is no different. if you've gotten this far in the series you should enjoy this one too