Penric's Demon
core novella 2015 World of the Five Gods
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novella |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.20 (13,192 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 139 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781596067691 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Where it sits
- Universe: World of the Five Gods
- Series: Penric & Desdemona core; position 1 of 16 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Novella), 2016: finalist; Locus reader-poll placement, ranked 2nd.
- Hugo Award (Best Novella), 2016: nominated; Lost to N.K. Jemisin's Binti.
Notes
- From the series record (Penric & Desdemona): 16 novellas (2015-2026); publication order diverges from the author's own stated internal chronological order (recorded via internal chronology). Set roughly 150 years after The Hallowed Hunt and roughly 100 years before the Chalion novels. Classified Core Canon (not Expanded) because the novellas are marketed/sold as their own numbered series, are narratively load-bearing rather than side content, and the Hugo voting body treated them as full constituent parts of the universe when awarding the 2018 Hugo Best Series to the whole World of the Five Gods.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Penric & Desdemona: position 1 of 16: next Penric and the Shaman (2016)
- Internal chronology, within World of the Five Gods: position 2 of 19: previous The Hallowed Hunt (2005) · next Penric and the Shaman (2016)
Sources
← World of the Five Gods dossier · All universes
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