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A Plague — and a Madman in a Masquerade

Physicians of Vilnoc by Lois McMaster Bujold

Masquerade in Lodi by Lois McMaster Bujold

January 31, 2021 by LittlePlat 2 Comments

Blink and you miss ‘em… Lois McMaster Bujold has released two Penric and Desdemona novellas in the past year when I wasn’t paying attention. I don’t know how these releases keep on passing me by, I really don’t. Usually, these novellas are mostly light-hearted fun, but the first one, The Physicians of Vilnoc, might be a little uncomfortably timely, as it revolves around a plague. Looking at the publication dates, I don’t think Bujold did this on purpose, as she would have started writing this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, comfort read, lois mcmaster bujold, Masquerade in Lodi, Penric and Desdemona, plague reading, The Physicians of Vilnoc, World of the Five Gods

LittlePlat's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, comfort read, lois mcmaster bujold, Masquerade in Lodi, Penric and Desdemona, plague reading, The Physicians of Vilnoc, World of the Five Gods ·
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