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Darksight Dare
The Penric & Desdemona Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 4 August 2026
- Run Time
- 5 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical fantasy
What to expect
Penric takes a chance …
Two intractable problems are brought to the door of sorcerer Learned Penric of Vilnoc and his Temple demon Desdemona. Cinar Camurat, a mutilated Cedonian cavalry captain, has traveled two thousand sea miles to Penric for aid. Iva of Bita, a secret hedge sorceress, lies dying in her Orban hill village, and wants no aid at all.
Penric and Desdemona know well the hazards of medicine and magic, but their greatest puzzle may lodge in the tangle of hopes and fears in human and demonic hearts.
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Details
- Author
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrator
- Grover Gardner
- Duration
- 5 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9798228994164
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Historical fantasy
Synopsis
Penric takes a chance …Two intractable problems are brought to the door of sorcerer Learned Penric of Vilnoc and his Temple demon Desdemona. Cinar Camurat, a mutilated Cedonian cavalry captain, has traveled two thousand sea miles to Penric for aid. Iva of Bita, a secret hedge sorceress, lies dying in her Orban hill village, and wants no aid at all.Penric and Desdemona know well the hazards of medicine and magic, but their greatest puzzle may lodge in the tangle of hopes and fears in human and demonic hearts.
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