Lois Mcmaster Bujold Penric & Desdemona 01 ... May 2026

Penric’s Demon (2015) is the introductory novella in Lois McMaster Bujold’s World of the Five Gods series, serving as a Hugo and Locus Award-nominated entry point for the long-running Penric & Desdemona adventures. The story introduces Learned Penric, a young nobleman whose life is fundamentally altered when he accidentally inherits a powerful "chaos demon" from a dying temple divine.

The novella focuses on the internal and external adjustments Penric must make as he begins his life as a sorcerer. Lois McMaster Bujold Penric & Desdemona 01 ...