Monday, January 27, 2020

Birdman of Alcatraz

So, the library finally got a physical copy of Lois McMaster Bujold's The Prisoner of Limnos, which continues the story coming out of Penric's Mission, in which Penric is figuring out why he's staying in Orbas, instead of returning home. The answer, of course has to do with lovely Nykis, whom Penric loves, but who remains less than comfortable with the foreign Temple Sorcerer and physician.

However, when word comes to Nykis that her mother is being held prisoner in Cedona, on the Island of Limnos, a convent sacred to the Daughter of Spring. As such, Nykis suckers Penric and Desdemona into breaking her mother out of the place.

Which involves finding Nykis's soon to be Sister-in-Law, befriending her secretary/eunuch, taking said castrato with them to Limnos and breaking out Mom.

Which they do find success in, but it does leave Penric trapped on Limnos temporarily, and the method of escape employed is absolutely breathtaking in its rube Goldberg nature.

I'm very much in love with Penric and Desdemona. I just wish I was more into ebooks to read them quicker.

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