Testimony of Mute Things launches today!
Oct. 23rd, 2025 02:42 pm![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
lois_mcmaster_bujold_feedThe 15th Penric & Desdemona novella, “Testimony of Mute Things”, is uploading today. I will add links to each of our five vendors as they emerge. (After uploading, vendor pages can populate at anything from an hour to a week, depending.)
Vendor-page copy:
Testimony of Mute Things
Note: in the internal chronology of the Penric & Desdemona tales, this story falls between “Penric’s Fox” and “Masquerade in Lodi”.
A contentious Temple conclave brings sorcerer Learned Penric and his demon Desdemona, in support of his superior Princess-Archdivine Llewen of Martensbridge, to the disputed Carpagamon border town of Occo. There, the uncanny pair will tangle with dangerous new intrigues and old histories, that will test their magical skills, their wits, and their hearts.
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Cover art again by my very old buddy Ron Miller – his website is well worth visiting, jammed full of art and other treats. https://www.black-cat-studios.com
As I hope people will construe, this is technically a prequel, but as usual written to also stand alone for any folks who stumble across it ala carte.
Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXHBQJM5
Barnes & Noble Nook: TBA
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/testi...
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/test...
Google Play Books: TBA
Updated Penric & Desdemona internal chronology:
“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.)
Happy reading!
Ta, L.
posted by Lois McMaster Bujold on October, 23
Vendor-page copy:
Testimony of Mute Things
Note: in the internal chronology of the Penric & Desdemona tales, this story falls between “Penric’s Fox” and “Masquerade in Lodi”.
A contentious Temple conclave brings sorcerer Learned Penric and his demon Desdemona, in support of his superior Princess-Archdivine Llewen of Martensbridge, to the disputed Carpagamon border town of Occo. There, the uncanny pair will tangle with dangerous new intrigues and old histories, that will test their magical skills, their wits, and their hearts.
***
Cover art again by my very old buddy Ron Miller – his website is well worth visiting, jammed full of art and other treats. https://www.black-cat-studios.com
As I hope people will construe, this is technically a prequel, but as usual written to also stand alone for any folks who stumble across it ala carte.
Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXHBQJM5
Barnes & Noble Nook: TBA
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/testi...
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/test...
Google Play Books: TBA
Updated Penric & Desdemona internal chronology:
“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.)
Happy reading!
Ta, L.
posted by Lois McMaster Bujold on October, 23
My life in music
Oct. 17th, 2025 08:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizbee
When I have disposable income, I spend it on concert tickets.
So back in January I went to see Irish country-pop singer CMAT live. My friends and I were the oldest people in the room and we all got covid, and it was absolutely worth it. In terms of "best gigs I've been to", I'd put it on par with Florence + the Machine as The Actual Best, only at a fraction of the scale and price.
Her new album came out at the end of August, and I have an embarrassing number of feelings about the title track. Embarrassing because I was a fully grown adult and also Australian when the Celtic Tiger collapsed, but growing up in suburbia and feeling like your whole generation has been fucked over by neoliberalism is A Mood.
She's touring early next year, and I have tickets secured and a note in my planner to get a covid booster three weeks before the date.
So back in January I went to see Irish country-pop singer CMAT live. My friends and I were the oldest people in the room and we all got covid, and it was absolutely worth it. In terms of "best gigs I've been to", I'd put it on par with Florence + the Machine as The Actual Best, only at a fraction of the scale and price.
Her new album came out at the end of August, and I have an embarrassing number of feelings about the title track. Embarrassing because I was a fully grown adult and also Australian when the Celtic Tiger collapsed, but growing up in suburbia and feeling like your whole generation has been fucked over by neoliberalism is A Mood.
She's touring early next year, and I have tickets secured and a note in my planner to get a covid booster three weeks before the date.