Booklog 83/2024: Lois McMaster Bujold: Penric and the Bandit – Penric and Desdemona #13

[jacey]

Bandit, Roz, spots what looks like an easy mark, a soft young man with a treasure map, in a country inn. He easily attaches himself with the intent to wait until the young man has found the treasure and then rob him. Unfortunately for Roz, the soft young man is Penric, who is neither as young nor as soft as he looks, and is posessed of a very clever demon, Desdemona. Pen is one step ahead of Roz all the time, well, maybe until a whole outlaw band turns up, anyway. Penric's treasure is not at all what Roz expects it to be - though those of us who have read earlier Penric stories, could have guessed what it was likely to be - and Penric is less concerned with being robbed than with giving the young bandit a chance for redemption. Another satisfying entry in the saga of Penric and Desdemona.

Comments

[watervole]

Yep! I instantly guessed what Pehric's 'treasure' would be. And I was right :)

[jacey]

Yes, me, too. Given Penric's proclivities, it couldn't have been anything else, really, especially when he showed no interest in the boin hoard.