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Demon Daughter

Demon Daughter

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  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Lois McMaster Bujold
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Summary

A six-year-old shiplost girl draws the kin Jurald family of Vilnoc into complex dilemmas， and sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona into conflict—with each other。 It will take all of Penric’s wits， his wife Nikys’s wisdom， and the hand of the fifth god’s strangest saint to untangle the threads of their future。

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Reviews

Cynthia Wood ，

Sweet and shortAll of the Penric tales are worth reading， though I wouldn't start with this one。 A new reader would be able to follow， but this is much richer for understanding how saints， demons， and the white God operate in this world， and some of Pen's personal history。 This is a sweet story， with much of Bujold's knack for knotty dilemmas， but scaled for a six-year-old protagonist。 Otta is a Roknari captain's daughter when she contracts a demon。 The resultant disaster ends with her tossed ov Sweet and shortAll of the Penric tales are worth reading， though I wouldn't start with this one。 A new reader would be able to follow， but this is much richer for understanding how saints， demons， and the white God operate in this world， and some of Pen's personal history。 This is a sweet story， with much of Bujold's knack for knotty dilemmas， but scaled for a six-year-old protagonist。 Otta is a Roknari captain's daughter when she contracts a demon。 The resultant disaster ends with her tossed overboard and the ship in unknown condition。 Eventually she lands in Penric's hands， where she must make a series of decisions about herself， her demon and their future that would be heavy going for an adult， let alone a little kid。 Bujold handles it deftly， and it's a sweet little story。 。。。more

M ，

Everything I wanted from a new Penric novella except for the fact that it isn't a novel， because my time with Penric always ends too soon。 Super glad to see Nikys have a more active role in the story again Everything I wanted from a new Penric novella except for the fact that it isn't a novel， because my time with Penric always ends too soon。 Super glad to see Nikys have a more active role in the story again 。。。more

Matt Hunt ，

More delicious Penric。 Yes please 😊

L ，

Found familiesDemon Daughter is book 12 in Lois McMaster Bujold's reliably entertaining Penric and Desdemona series。 The stories take place in Bujold's World of the Five Gods and feature as main characters sorcerer Penric and his demon Desdemona。 Penric either possesses or is possessed by Desdemona -- the relationship is complicated， but however you slice it， Pen and Des （as they call each other） are good companions sharing Penric's body。The Penric and Desdemona books are like the world's best b Found familiesDemon Daughter is book 12 in Lois McMaster Bujold's reliably entertaining Penric and Desdemona series。 The stories take place in Bujold's World of the Five Gods and feature as main characters sorcerer Penric and his demon Desdemona。 Penric either possesses or is possessed by Desdemona -- the relationship is complicated， but however you slice it， Pen and Des （as they call each other） are good companions sharing Penric's body。The Penric and Desdemona books are like the world's best buddy-cop show。 Thus I was apprehensive when the publisher's blurb mentioned "A six-year-old ship-lost girl draws 。。。 sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona into conflict"。 I was not looking forward to suffering through a novella's worth of Pen and Des having a real fight。 But I had faith in Bujold， and it was justified。The story begins when a six-year-old girl becomes possessed by/of a brand-new demon。 Subsequently she falls into Penric's care， and the difficult ethical issues raised by such a young child and such a young demon are of course vividly present in the minds of both Penric and Desdemona。 It is about these that they disagree。 But I will spoil no more！Much of the story is told from the point of view of Otta， the six-year-old girl in question。 Thus， we spend a great deal of time inside Otta's head， and this was， I thought， particularly well done。 It's a very difficult thing for an adult to do well， to report from inside the head of an intelligent six-year-old。 There are almost as many ways to get it wrong as there are authors who have tried it。 But Bujold nailed it。 Her Otta is not a small adult， she's inexperienced but not stupid， she's both fearful and happy when those things make sense， and she is not particularly cute。 Because we spend so much time with Otta， there is less of Penric and Des than usual。 Demon Daughter is one of the best of the Penric and Desdemona books。 。。。more

William Howe ，

pleasant yet poignantPen & Des are simple fantasy。 Not world ending， not massively impactful magic， no swords and fireballs。 Almost cozy。Except…there are still some quietly meaningful moments。There’s a reason Lois is a grandmaster of fantastical fiction。

Steve ，

Nice to meet Iroki again。 The various saints of the Bastard are some of my favourite characters in this series。

Jonathan Palfrey ，

This is a charming and interesting story and I have difficulty in finding any fault with it。 I don’t usually give a book 5 stars immediately， but in the circumstances I’ll try it this time; maybe it’ll stick。The story is about a young girl going through traumatic experiences; fortunately， she’s strong enough not to cave in completely， and she soon receives help。It’s interesting partly because of the girl and her experiences， and partly because we meet a new kind of demon that isn’t quite like th This is a charming and interesting story and I have difficulty in finding any fault with it。 I don’t usually give a book 5 stars immediately， but in the circumstances I’ll try it this time; maybe it’ll stick。The story is about a young girl going through traumatic experiences; fortunately， she’s strong enough not to cave in completely， and she soon receives help。It’s interesting partly because of the girl and her experiences， and partly because we meet a new kind of demon that isn’t quite like the ones we’ve met before， and it’s new to Penric and Desdemona too。 They react to it differently and in ways that I didn’t expect， but which are nevertheless credible and throw some new light on them as characters。We also get some exposure to the three-way relationship between Penric， Desdemona， and Nikys。 Years have passed since the last story: Penric and Nikys are now about 40， and their children are Rina aged 7 and Wyn aged 4。Lencia and Seuka don’t appear; I think they would have been superfluous to this story， and I suppose they’re about 18 and 16 respectively by now。 。。。more

Kiwi Carlisle ，

This is a terrific book。 I’ve grown so fond of these characters and it’s a treat to have a new adventure。 As usual， I started crying at one point。 Maybe you will too。

Nicole Luiken ，

Always a joy to read the latest Penric & Desdemona book。 Strong opening and a fast read。 Nice to see Nikys and Penric's growing family。 Always a joy to read the latest Penric & Desdemona book。 Strong opening and a fast read。 Nice to see Nikys and Penric's growing family。 。。。more

Liz ，

I love a surprise Bujold and penrics are always a delight， especially when we get more perspectives from the people stuck living with the nitwit。 And I realize this is probably a fanfiction question， but the relationship between Des and Nikys is FASCINATING and I wish we got more of that。 （Also the themes of parents and legacy is interesting here and the ongoing evolution of a theology that attempts to nuance the whole demon thing。 AND I’m not sure what to make of demonic corruption。 What makes I love a surprise Bujold and penrics are always a delight， especially when we get more perspectives from the people stuck living with the nitwit。 And I realize this is probably a fanfiction question， but the relationship between Des and Nikys is FASCINATING and I wish we got more of that。 （Also the themes of parents and legacy is interesting here and the ongoing evolution of a theology that attempts to nuance the whole demon thing。 AND I’m not sure what to make of demonic corruption。 What makes things bad in this world？ Because it’s not precisely the chaos and it’s not precisely the humans but there is something to unpack there。 Needs more thinking。） 。。。more

Janice ，

Oh my :） So beautiful。 Loved the fish。

Ay ，

A nice addition。 If the reader really enjoys Nikys， her life and her preoccupations， they will find this instalment particularly enjoyable。

Norine Luker ，

Lovely storyWhen you love characters like Penric and Nikys et al， in a series like this you find yourself pining for a glimpse of their home life。 Or at least I did。 This story delivers on that while laying out a tangle for Penric， Des and his god to resolve that while simple on the outside， speaks to the importance of choices in taming chaos。 Its hard for me to judge how someone new to this series would see this story。 I think that you would have had to live/read through Penric's more extreme a Lovely storyWhen you love characters like Penric and Nikys et al， in a series like this you find yourself pining for a glimpse of their home life。 Or at least I did。 This story delivers on that while laying out a tangle for Penric， Des and his god to resolve that while simple on the outside， speaks to the importance of choices in taming chaos。 Its hard for me to judge how someone new to this series would see this story。 I think that you would have had to live/read through Penric's more extreme adventures to appreciate this tale as the perfect moment it was。 。。。more

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