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Average rating3.8
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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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2 primary booksProsper's Demon is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by K.J. Parker.
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This was a little disappointing to me. The summary sounds perfectly in my wheelhouse but something about the writing just didn't grab me. It kind of reminded me of [b:The Monster of Elendhaven 43263515 The Monster of Elendhaven Jennifer Giesbrecht https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569867908l/43263515.SY75.jpg 65891464] in that it's a first-person narrative with a somewhat unreliable narrator, set in an alternate historic era similar to England, and they have paranormal abilities - but the writing style is completely different and the narrator didn't capture my attention or make me like them. The book is relatively short at only 53 pages but it still felt like a bit of a slog for me.
What an absolutely evil little piece of fiction. Like spending the day with the worst person you've ever met, but hey, he knows how to land punchline.
Fascinating little novella about a demon hunter and his prey. Witty, knowing and fun.