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Her avowed god is The Bastard, \"master of all disasters out of season.\" As she lies dying, she passes her strange powers to Penric--and changes the course of his life forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenric and the Shaman: \u003c\/i\u003e Now a divine of the Bastard's Order as well as a sorcerer and scholar, Penric must accompany a Locator of the Father's Order assigned to capture a runaway shaman charged with the murder of his best friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenric's Fox: \u003c\/i\u003e When Penric--sorcerer, scholar, and divine in the Bastard's Order--travels to Easthome, the capital of the Weald, he once again finds himself embroiled in a mystery. 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If Penric is to survive, he'll have to navigate treacherous politics--and his own feelings for the young widowed sister of the General.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMira's Last Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenric, suffering from injuries attained while escaping from the Cedonian dungeon in which he was imprisoned, must now guide General Arisaydia and his widowed sister, Nikys, across the last hundred miles of hostile Cedonia to safety in the Duchy of Orbas. In the town of Sosie, the fugitive party encounters unexpected delays and even more unexpected opportunities and hazards, as the courtesan Mira of Adria, one of the ten dead women whose imprints make up the personality of the chaos demon Desdemona, comes to the fore with her own special expertise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Prisoner of Limnos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenric and 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 her brother's enemies at the Cedonian imperial court and confined in a precarious island sanctuary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, Nikys, Penric, and Desdemona must infiltrate the hostile country once more, finding along the way that family relationships can be as unexpectedly challenging as any rescue scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48546317533417,"sku":"9781982124571","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/7429\/9369\/files\/Penric_s_Travels.jpg?v=1748916886"},{"product_id":"penrics-labors","title":"Penric's Labors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHREE PENRIC AND DESDEMONA NOVELLAS IN THE WORLD OF THE FIVE GODS BY GRAND MASTER LOIS McMASTER BUJOLD. 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