"As if Deadpool had slipped into the body of the Witcher Geralt." —The New York Times
In the pitch dark, witty fantasy novella Prosper's Demon, K. J. Parker deftly creates a world with vivid, unbending rules, seething with demons, broken faith, and worse men.
In a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But they don't die, and we do. Equilibrium.
The unnamed and morally questionable narrator is an exorcist with great follow-through and few doubts. His methods aren't delicate but they're undeniably effective: he'll get the demon out—he just doesn't particularly care what happens to the person.
Prosper of Schanz is a man of science, determined to raise the world's first philosopher-king, reared according to the purest principles. Too bad he's demonically possessed.
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January 28, 2020 -
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- ISBN: 9781250260505
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- ISBN: 9781250260505
- File size: 798 KB
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- English
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December 15, 2019
A mysterious exorcist faces the ultimate challenge: fight the possession of the most intelligent, well-loved sage in the kingdom and his inadvertent cultivation of the perfect demonic vessel. Fantasy author Tom Holt, writing as Parker, tells of a nameless exorcist managing his territory (109 demons exorcised and counting). Unfortunately, the kingdom's newly wed Princess and Duke are expecting a child and their guru, Prosper of Schanz, is possessed by a demon that is plotting to raise the royal baby as its new host. The tone of the book is equal parts dryly amusing and horrifying, as the exorcist contemplates the (often fatal) risks and rewards of ejecting demons. Moreover, the realization that Prosper's genius may have stemmed largely from his possession haunts the exorcist as he contemplates what the demons will do with the royal baby, given time and other advantages. His solution is extreme, to be sure, and readers may be shocked by the abrupt ending. This tightly told little parable of good versus evil will linger in the minds of readers long after the last page is turned.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)
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