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Mira's Last Dance
2017
First Published
4.24
Average Rating
90
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In this sequel to the novella “Penric’s Mission”, the injured Penric, a Temple sorcerer and learned divine, tries to guide the betrayed General Arisaydia and his widowed sister Nikys across the last hundred miles of hostile Cedonia to safety in the Duchy of Orbas. In the town of Sosie the fugitive party encounters unexpected delays, and even more unexpected opportunities and hazards, as the courtesan Mira of Adria, one of the ten dead women whose imprints make up the personality of the chaos demon Desdemona, comes to the fore with her own special expertise. Fourth novella in the “Penric and Desdemona” series.

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Author

Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold
Author · 63 books

Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. Her fantasy from HarperCollins includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife tetralogy; her science fiction from Baen Books features the perennially bestselling Vorkosigan Saga. Her work has been translated into over twenty languages. Questions regarding foreign rights, film/tv subrights, and other business matters should be directed to Spectrum Literary Agency, spectrumliteraryagency.com A listing of her awards and nominations may be seen here: http://www.sfadb.com/Lois\_McMaster\_Bu... A listing of her interviews is here: http://vorkosigan.wikia.com/wiki/Auth... An older fan-run site devoted to her work, The Bujold Nexus, is here: http://www.dendarii.com/

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