Lois McMaster Bujold's Blog
October 8, 2025
October country
Time for my annual pitch for The Hallowed Hunt as a suitably spooky autumn-themed read...
Unlike the protagonists of the other two books in the Chalion trio (to which this is NOT a sequel -- it takes place a couple of centuries earlier in another country) grumpy main character Ingrey kin Wolfcliff does not become a five-gods-style saint in the course of his adventures, but rather, a [spoiler], if only for one harrowing night. Very different job description.
Some of its matters do reconnect with Penric & Desdemona in "Penric and the Shaman", if one wants some worldbuilding cross-illumination.
https://www.amazon.com/Hallowed-Hunt-... among other sources. Also in audio wherever Blackstone markets.
Happy Halloween reading!
Ta, L.
(I tried to mask a spoiler, above, as per the Goodreads formatting tips <spoiler> word </spoiler> but according to the Preview function it just appeared as plain text anyway. If anyone knows the trick of this, shout out in the comments.)
Unlike the protagonists of the other two books in the Chalion trio (to which this is NOT a sequel -- it takes place a couple of centuries earlier in another country) grumpy main character Ingrey kin Wolfcliff does not become a five-gods-style saint in the course of his adventures, but rather, a [spoiler], if only for one harrowing night. Very different job description.
Some of its matters do reconnect with Penric & Desdemona in "Penric and the Shaman", if one wants some worldbuilding cross-illumination.
https://www.amazon.com/Hallowed-Hunt-... among other sources. Also in audio wherever Blackstone markets.
Happy Halloween reading!
Ta, L.
(I tried to mask a spoiler, above, as per the Goodreads formatting tips <spoiler> word </spoiler> but according to the Preview function it just appeared as plain text anyway. If anyone knows the trick of this, shout out in the comments.)
October 2, 2025
Bujold Reading-Order Guide, fall 2025 update
I'm a little ahead of things here, as "Testimony of Mute Things" and Two Tales aren't out yet (coming soon!) but I intend this post as link-able till the next update, so I've added them in anticipation.
As ever, please share this post wherever the perpetual Bujold reading-order confusion may arise.
A Bujold Reading-Order Guide
Note: almost all of my titles are presently widely and instantly available both as ebooks, and as audiobook downloads.
The Fantasy Novels
My fantasy novels are not hard to order. Easiest of all is The Spirit Ring, which is a stand-alone. Next easiest are the four volumes of The Sharing Knife—in order, Beguilement, Legacy, Passage, and Horizon—which I actually numbered, as this is one continuous tale. The novella “Knife Children” is something of a codicil to the tetralogy.
The first three novels in the World of the Five Gods could each be read separately, but The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls are more closely connected, an optional duology better read in that order. The Hallowed Hunt is more of a stand-alone, taking place in a different realm and earlier century and not sharing characters (apart from the gods) with the others.
In terms of internal world chronology, The Hallowed Hunt would fall first, the Penric novellas perhaps a hundred and fifty years later, and The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls would follow a century or so after that.
The internal chronology of the Penric & Desdemona subseries is presently:
“Penric’s Demon”
“Penric and the Shaman”
“Penric’s Fox”
“Testimony of Mute Things”
“Masquerade in Lodi”
“Penric’s Mission”
“Mira’s Last Dance”
“The Prisoner of Limnos”
“The Orphans of Raspay”
“The Physicians of Vilnoc”
The Assassins of Thasalon
“Knot of Shadows”
“Demon Daughter”
“Penric and the Bandit”
“The Adventure of the Demonic Ox”
(“Demon”, “Shaman”, and “Fox” are collected as paper volumes in Penric’s Progress; “Mission”, “Mira” and “Limnos” in Penric’s Travels; and “Lodi”, “Orphans” and “Physicians” are collected in Penric’s Labors.)
Other Original E-books
The short story collection Proto Zoa contains five very early tales—three (1980s) contemporary fantasy, two science fiction. The novelette “Dreamweaver’s Dilemma” may be of interest to Vorkosigan completists, as it is the first story in which that proto-universe began, mentioning Beta Colony but before Barrayar was even thought of.
Sidelines: Talks and Essays is a collection of three decades of my nonfiction writings, including convention speeches, essays, travelogues, introductions, and some less formal pieces.
The Gerould Family of New Hampshire in the Civil War: Two Diaries and a Memoir is a compilation of historical documents handed down from my mother’s father’s side of the family. A meeting of time, technology, and skillset has finally allowed me to put them in sharable form.
The Vorkosigan Stories
The debate around the ‘best’ order in which to read the Vorkosigan saga mainly revolves around publication order versus internal-chronological order. I favor internal chronological, with a few adjustments.
It was always my intention to write each book as a stand-alone, so that the reader could theoretically jump in anywhere. But as the series developed it acquired a number of sub-arcs, closely related tales that were richer for each other. I will list the sub-arcs, and then the books, and then the duplication warnings. And then the publication order, for those who want it.
Shards of Honor and Barrayar. The first two books in the series proper, they detail the adventures of Cordelia Naismith of Beta Colony and Aral Vorkosigan of Barrayar. Shards was my very first novel ever; Barrayar was actually my eighth, but continues the tale the next day after the end of Shards. For readers who want to be sure of beginning at the beginning, or who are very spoiler-sensitive, start with these two.
The Warrior’s Apprentice and The Vor Game. The Warrior’s Apprentice introduces the character who became the series’ linchpin, Miles Vorkosigan; the first book tells how he created a space mercenary fleet by accident; the second how he fixed his mistakes from the first round. Space opera and military-esque adventure, The Warrior’s Apprentice makes another good place to jump into the series for readers who prefer a young male protagonist.
Borders of Infinity (3-novella collection) should be read before Brothers in Arms. Containing three of the six currently extant novellas, it makes a good Miles Vorkosigan early-adventure sampler platter for readers who don’t want to commit themselves to length, but it will make more sense if read after The Warrior’s Apprentice. Its three stories are short, not slight, and introduce some elements that are revisited later in the series.
(These novellas are also available ala carte by title as ebooks, as listed below so readers can see where they fit distributed in the timeline, but the collection is the preferable format. Even its little frame story has a few payoffs later on.)
After that: Brothers in Arms should be read before Mirror Dance, and both, ideally, before Memory.
Komarr makes another alternate entry point for the series, picking up Miles’s second career at its start. It should be read before A Civil Campaign.
Falling Free takes place 200 years earlier in the timeline and does not share settings or characters with the main body of the series. Most readers recommend picking up this story later. It should likely be read before Diplomatic Immunity, however, which revisits the “quaddies”, a bioengineered race of free-fall dwellers, in Miles’s time.
The novels in the internal-chronological/recommended reading order list below appear in italics; the novellas (officially defined as a story between 17,500 words and 40,000 words) in quote marks.
Shards of Honor
Barrayar
The Warrior’s Apprentice
“The Mountains of Mourning”
“Weatherman”
The Vor Game
Cetaganda
Ethan of Athos
Borders of Infinity (3-novella collection)
“Labyrinth”
“The Borders of Infinity”
Brothers in Arms
Mirror Dance
Memory
Komarr
A Civil Campaign
“Winterfair Gifts”
Falling Free
Diplomatic Immunity
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
“The Flowers of Vashnoi”
CryoBurn
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
Advisories:
The novella “Weatherman” is an out-take from the beginning of the novel The Vor Game. If you already have The Vor Game, you likely don’t need this.
The original ‘novel’ Borders of Infinity was a fix-up collection containing the three novellas “The Mountains of Mourning”, “Labyrinth”, and “The Borders of Infinity”, together with a frame to tie the pieces together. Again, beware duplication. The frame story does not stand alone.
“Winterfair Gifts” and “The Flowers of Vashnoi” have been collected in the Ingram Spark indie paper-only volume Two Tales, and are available individually as ebooks and audiobooks along with the rest of the series.
Publication order:
This is also the order in which the works were written, apart from a couple of the novellas, but is not identical to the internal-chronological. It goes:
Shards of Honor (June 1986)
The Warrior’s Apprentice (August 1986)
Ethan of Athos (December 1986)
Falling Free (April 1988)
Brothers in Arms (January 1989)
Borders of Infinity (October 1989)
The Vor Game (September 1990)
Barrayar (October 1991)
Mirror Dance (March 1994)
Cetaganda (January 1996)
Memory (October 1996)
Komarr (June 1998)
A Civil Campaign (September 1999).
Diplomatic Immunity (May 2002)
“Winterfair Gifts” (February 2004)
CryoBurn (November 2010)
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance (November 2012)
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (February 2016)
“The Flowers of Vashnoi” (May 2018)
Happy reading!
— Lois McMaster Bujold
As ever, please share this post wherever the perpetual Bujold reading-order confusion may arise.
A Bujold Reading-Order Guide
Note: almost all of my titles are presently widely and instantly available both as ebooks, and as audiobook downloads.
The Fantasy Novels
My fantasy novels are not hard to order. Easiest of all is The Spirit Ring, which is a stand-alone. Next easiest are the four volumes of The Sharing Knife—in order, Beguilement, Legacy, Passage, and Horizon—which I actually numbered, as this is one continuous tale. The novella “Knife Children” is something of a codicil to the tetralogy.
The first three novels in the World of the Five Gods could each be read separately, but The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls are more closely connected, an optional duology better read in that order. The Hallowed Hunt is more of a stand-alone, taking place in a different realm and earlier century and not sharing characters (apart from the gods) with the others.
In terms of internal world chronology, The Hallowed Hunt would fall first, the Penric novellas perhaps a hundred and fifty years later, and The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls would follow a century or so after that.
The internal chronology of the Penric & Desdemona subseries is presently:
“Penric’s Demon”
“Penric and the Shaman”
“Penric’s Fox”
“Testimony of Mute Things”
“Masquerade in Lodi”
“Penric’s Mission”
“Mira’s Last Dance”
“The Prisoner of Limnos”
“The Orphans of Raspay”
“The Physicians of Vilnoc”
The Assassins of Thasalon
“Knot of Shadows”
“Demon Daughter”
“Penric and the Bandit”
“The Adventure of the Demonic Ox”
(“Demon”, “Shaman”, and “Fox” are collected as paper volumes in Penric’s Progress; “Mission”, “Mira” and “Limnos” in Penric’s Travels; and “Lodi”, “Orphans” and “Physicians” are collected in Penric’s Labors.)
Other Original E-books
The short story collection Proto Zoa contains five very early tales—three (1980s) contemporary fantasy, two science fiction. The novelette “Dreamweaver’s Dilemma” may be of interest to Vorkosigan completists, as it is the first story in which that proto-universe began, mentioning Beta Colony but before Barrayar was even thought of.
Sidelines: Talks and Essays is a collection of three decades of my nonfiction writings, including convention speeches, essays, travelogues, introductions, and some less formal pieces.
The Gerould Family of New Hampshire in the Civil War: Two Diaries and a Memoir is a compilation of historical documents handed down from my mother’s father’s side of the family. A meeting of time, technology, and skillset has finally allowed me to put them in sharable form.
The Vorkosigan Stories
The debate around the ‘best’ order in which to read the Vorkosigan saga mainly revolves around publication order versus internal-chronological order. I favor internal chronological, with a few adjustments.
It was always my intention to write each book as a stand-alone, so that the reader could theoretically jump in anywhere. But as the series developed it acquired a number of sub-arcs, closely related tales that were richer for each other. I will list the sub-arcs, and then the books, and then the duplication warnings. And then the publication order, for those who want it.
Shards of Honor and Barrayar. The first two books in the series proper, they detail the adventures of Cordelia Naismith of Beta Colony and Aral Vorkosigan of Barrayar. Shards was my very first novel ever; Barrayar was actually my eighth, but continues the tale the next day after the end of Shards. For readers who want to be sure of beginning at the beginning, or who are very spoiler-sensitive, start with these two.
The Warrior’s Apprentice and The Vor Game. The Warrior’s Apprentice introduces the character who became the series’ linchpin, Miles Vorkosigan; the first book tells how he created a space mercenary fleet by accident; the second how he fixed his mistakes from the first round. Space opera and military-esque adventure, The Warrior’s Apprentice makes another good place to jump into the series for readers who prefer a young male protagonist.
Borders of Infinity (3-novella collection) should be read before Brothers in Arms. Containing three of the six currently extant novellas, it makes a good Miles Vorkosigan early-adventure sampler platter for readers who don’t want to commit themselves to length, but it will make more sense if read after The Warrior’s Apprentice. Its three stories are short, not slight, and introduce some elements that are revisited later in the series.
(These novellas are also available ala carte by title as ebooks, as listed below so readers can see where they fit distributed in the timeline, but the collection is the preferable format. Even its little frame story has a few payoffs later on.)
After that: Brothers in Arms should be read before Mirror Dance, and both, ideally, before Memory.
Komarr makes another alternate entry point for the series, picking up Miles’s second career at its start. It should be read before A Civil Campaign.
Falling Free takes place 200 years earlier in the timeline and does not share settings or characters with the main body of the series. Most readers recommend picking up this story later. It should likely be read before Diplomatic Immunity, however, which revisits the “quaddies”, a bioengineered race of free-fall dwellers, in Miles’s time.
The novels in the internal-chronological/recommended reading order list below appear in italics; the novellas (officially defined as a story between 17,500 words and 40,000 words) in quote marks.
Shards of Honor
Barrayar
The Warrior’s Apprentice
“The Mountains of Mourning”
“Weatherman”
The Vor Game
Cetaganda
Ethan of Athos
Borders of Infinity (3-novella collection)
“Labyrinth”
“The Borders of Infinity”
Brothers in Arms
Mirror Dance
Memory
Komarr
A Civil Campaign
“Winterfair Gifts”
Falling Free
Diplomatic Immunity
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
“The Flowers of Vashnoi”
CryoBurn
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
Advisories:
The novella “Weatherman” is an out-take from the beginning of the novel The Vor Game. If you already have The Vor Game, you likely don’t need this.
The original ‘novel’ Borders of Infinity was a fix-up collection containing the three novellas “The Mountains of Mourning”, “Labyrinth”, and “The Borders of Infinity”, together with a frame to tie the pieces together. Again, beware duplication. The frame story does not stand alone.
“Winterfair Gifts” and “The Flowers of Vashnoi” have been collected in the Ingram Spark indie paper-only volume Two Tales, and are available individually as ebooks and audiobooks along with the rest of the series.
Publication order:
This is also the order in which the works were written, apart from a couple of the novellas, but is not identical to the internal-chronological. It goes:
Shards of Honor (June 1986)
The Warrior’s Apprentice (August 1986)
Ethan of Athos (December 1986)
Falling Free (April 1988)
Brothers in Arms (January 1989)
Borders of Infinity (October 1989)
The Vor Game (September 1990)
Barrayar (October 1991)
Mirror Dance (March 1994)
Cetaganda (January 1996)
Memory (October 1996)
Komarr (June 1998)
A Civil Campaign (September 1999).
Diplomatic Immunity (May 2002)
“Winterfair Gifts” (February 2004)
CryoBurn (November 2010)
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance (November 2012)
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (February 2016)
“The Flowers of Vashnoi” (May 2018)
Happy reading!
— Lois McMaster Bujold
September 20, 2025
Penric 15 impending
Hi all --
I have just today finished the first draft of a new Penric & Desdemona novella, to be titled "Testimony of Mute Things". Final edit still to go, but we were beforehand with the cover -- sneak peek below. I think artist Ron Miller did a bang-up job this round. (Ron's website: https://www.black-cat-studios.com/ )
This one is a prequel, falling between "Penric's Fox" and "Masquerade in Lodi" during Pen's Martensbridge years. The seed was that throw-away line toward the end of "Mira's Last Dance", where Duke Jurgo's secretary Stobrek is greeting Pen effusively with "[We met] at that extraordinary Temple conclave in Carpagamo."
This has dangled off Pen's timeline as an empty box labeled "Insert Story Here" for years. (Indeed, its working title was the alliterative "Conclave in Carpagamo" till about half through, when a better one arose out of the material.) I very much wanted to write this before I got too far from younger Penric to recall him. Finally this July a sufficient notion for going on with appeared, and we were off.
E-publication projected to be in mid to late October, depending as usual on a lot of currently unsettled factors. (So many revision passes, ugh...)
Ta, L.
I have just today finished the first draft of a new Penric & Desdemona novella, to be titled "Testimony of Mute Things". Final edit still to go, but we were beforehand with the cover -- sneak peek below. I think artist Ron Miller did a bang-up job this round. (Ron's website: https://www.black-cat-studios.com/ )
This one is a prequel, falling between "Penric's Fox" and "Masquerade in Lodi" during Pen's Martensbridge years. The seed was that throw-away line toward the end of "Mira's Last Dance", where Duke Jurgo's secretary Stobrek is greeting Pen effusively with "[We met] at that extraordinary Temple conclave in Carpagamo."
This has dangled off Pen's timeline as an empty box labeled "Insert Story Here" for years. (Indeed, its working title was the alliterative "Conclave in Carpagamo" till about half through, when a better one arose out of the material.) I very much wanted to write this before I got too far from younger Penric to recall him. Finally this July a sufficient notion for going on with appeared, and we were off.
E-publication projected to be in mid to late October, depending as usual on a lot of currently unsettled factors. (So many revision passes, ugh...)
Ta, L.
September 17, 2025
unexpected cite
Well, here's place I wouldn't have expected mention of my work to pop up...
https://www.hoover.org/research/why-s...
My work is accurately described but not named in the actual chat, but it gets a cite by name on the webpage.
I wish I could send her a copy of Ethan of Athos. I think she'd get all the jokes.
Ta, L.
https://www.hoover.org/research/why-s...
My work is accurately described but not named in the actual chat, but it gets a cite by name on the webpage.
I wish I could send her a copy of Ethan of Athos. I think she'd get all the jokes.
Ta, L.
August 16, 2025
Demonic Ox on Audible now
Although Blackstone's Downpour.com site is listing "The Adventure of the Demonic Ox" for release October 11, Audible.com apparently has it up already, since August 12. So if you want an early listen, there ya go.
https://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Demo...
Ta, L.
https://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Demo...
Ta, L.
July 30, 2025
Bujold impersonator is still scamming
It is reported...
A person with the email loismcmasterb@gmail.com is out there pretending to be me. This not my email, and This Is Not Me.
This appears to be the same scammer who was impersonating me on X/Twitter and Mastodon a while back. Apparently their protocol is to engage the person in some conversation, and then try to sell them some kind of writing/editing scam.
Pass the warning along...
Ta, L.
Later, 8/13 : my ego-sweep this morning picked up this:
\https://x.com/MarcusCVance/status/195...
If anyone out there is on X (I am not and don't ever plan to be) please warn this poor man he's being scammed.
The Only Real Bujold is, for the moment, only on Goodreads.
Ta, L.
A person with the email loismcmasterb@gmail.com is out there pretending to be me. This not my email, and This Is Not Me.
This appears to be the same scammer who was impersonating me on X/Twitter and Mastodon a while back. Apparently their protocol is to engage the person in some conversation, and then try to sell them some kind of writing/editing scam.
Pass the warning along...
Ta, L.
Later, 8/13 : my ego-sweep this morning picked up this:
\https://x.com/MarcusCVance/status/195...
If anyone out there is on X (I am not and don't ever plan to be) please warn this poor man he's being scammed.
The Only Real Bujold is, for the moment, only on Goodreads.
Ta, L.
July 23, 2025
nice notice, and other links
I recently ran across this unusually thoughtful (i.e., flattering) summation of my work:
https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/buj...
Good link for anyone trying to Explain Bujold to their reader friends.
Tangentially, I was also reminded of this little essay, written back before I'd been forced by other people's categorization requirements to bite the bullet and give the Miles series the formal name of "The Vorkosigan Saga":
http://www.dendarii.com/space_opera.html
This essay is also to be found in my e-collection of nonfiction writings, Sidelines: Talks and Essays.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Ta, L.
https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/buj...
Good link for anyone trying to Explain Bujold to their reader friends.
Tangentially, I was also reminded of this little essay, written back before I'd been forced by other people's categorization requirements to bite the bullet and give the Miles series the formal name of "The Vorkosigan Saga":
http://www.dendarii.com/space_opera.html
This essay is also to be found in my e-collection of nonfiction writings, Sidelines: Talks and Essays.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Ta, L.
July 18, 2025
Downpour-Blackstone listing audio OX for mid-October
This just popped up this morning --
https://www.downpour.com/catalog/prod...
Quick work on Blackstone's part!
Ta, L.
https://www.downpour.com/catalog/prod...
Quick work on Blackstone's part!
Ta, L.
July 13, 2025
Demonic Ox spoiler discussion space
As per my usual custom, I provide here a place for folks who have already read the story and want to chat about it to talk to each other, without risking spoiling those who don't want to be exposed to such. Who are presumed to realize they should skip this till they're ready.
Click back to the immediately prior post for all the publication details.
As of today Amazon, B&N, and Apple Books US are known to have the book up. Kobo and Google Play Books seem to be lagging, and there's something odd going on with Apple worldwide versus our Spectrum editions that we haven't sussed out yet. I will update when there's something new to say.
Have fun!
Ta, L.
(As always, word of mouth is the lifeblood of my career, so mentions of the story out and about elsewhere are very much appreciated.)
Click back to the immediately prior post for all the publication details.
As of today Amazon, B&N, and Apple Books US are known to have the book up. Kobo and Google Play Books seem to be lagging, and there's something odd going on with Apple worldwide versus our Spectrum editions that we haven't sussed out yet. I will update when there's something new to say.
Have fun!
Ta, L.
(As always, word of mouth is the lifeblood of my career, so mentions of the story out and about elsewhere are very much appreciated.)
July 11, 2025
Demonic Ox arrives today!
The newest Penric & Desdemona e-novella, "The Adventure of the Demonic Ox", is being uploaded today. The time for an upload to penetrate the system varies wildly, from an hour to a day week, but I'll post direct links here as each of our 5 vendors goes live.
Amazon Kindle is first out the gate:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHBMR3DN
Not yet up, but pending:
Kobo, Google Play Books, and Apple Books are interesting if you search by my name, because they each carry so many foreign language titles, if you scroll down. (Amazon ditto, I suppose.) These pages should populate in due course, though it may take a while for a new entry to sift to the top:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?que...
7/15 - Kobo is up! https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-...
https://play.google.com/store/info/na...
7/18 - Google Play direct link at last --
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
https://books.apple.com/us/author/loi...
Direct Apple US link: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-a...
(Some readers are reporting problems finding my Spectrum titles on Apple outside the US, as per Bo, below. If you are one, chime in in the comments with details. Though I suppose we should give it a bit more time to propagate...)
B&N Nook, same deal:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/lois...
Direct link is up! : https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...
To recap:
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox
When sorcerer Learned Penric hears of the suspected demonic possession of an ox at his brother-in-law’s bridgebuilding worksite, he thinks it an excellent opportunity to tutor his adopted daughter and student sorceress Otta in one of their Temple duties: identifying and restraining such wild chaos elementals before harm comes to their hosts or surroundings.
What begins as an instructive family outing turns anything but routine when a mountain search becomes a much more frightening adventure for Penric and his charges. What is undergone there by both mentor and students will yield lessons both unexpected and far-reaching.
***
I'll make my usual spoiler discussion space post tomorrow, for the speed readers.
As always, reader mentions of the new title out and about on the internet and elsewhere are always greatly appreciated, as this blog and word of mouth are the only advertising my indie books get. Amazon always gets plenty of reviews; the other vendors are usually more in need. But no one will see any vendor pages unless they've already heard of the story someplace else, and go to look, so outside reviews and mentions are especially important.
Ta, L.
Amazon Kindle is first out the gate:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHBMR3DN
Not yet up, but pending:
Kobo, Google Play Books, and Apple Books are interesting if you search by my name, because they each carry so many foreign language titles, if you scroll down. (Amazon ditto, I suppose.) These pages should populate in due course, though it may take a while for a new entry to sift to the top:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?que...
7/15 - Kobo is up! https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-...
https://play.google.com/store/info/na...
7/18 - Google Play direct link at last --
https://play.google.com/store/books/d...
https://books.apple.com/us/author/loi...
Direct Apple US link: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-a...
(Some readers are reporting problems finding my Spectrum titles on Apple outside the US, as per Bo, below. If you are one, chime in in the comments with details. Though I suppose we should give it a bit more time to propagate...)
B&N Nook, same deal:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/lois...
Direct link is up! : https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...
To recap:
The Adventure of the Demonic Ox
When sorcerer Learned Penric hears of the suspected demonic possession of an ox at his brother-in-law’s bridgebuilding worksite, he thinks it an excellent opportunity to tutor his adopted daughter and student sorceress Otta in one of their Temple duties: identifying and restraining such wild chaos elementals before harm comes to their hosts or surroundings.
What begins as an instructive family outing turns anything but routine when a mountain search becomes a much more frightening adventure for Penric and his charges. What is undergone there by both mentor and students will yield lessons both unexpected and far-reaching.
***
I'll make my usual spoiler discussion space post tomorrow, for the speed readers.
As always, reader mentions of the new title out and about on the internet and elsewhere are always greatly appreciated, as this blog and word of mouth are the only advertising my indie books get. Amazon always gets plenty of reviews; the other vendors are usually more in need. But no one will see any vendor pages unless they've already heard of the story someplace else, and go to look, so outside reviews and mentions are especially important.
Ta, L.
