Penric and the Bandit vendor page description

...AKA what would be the back cover blurb if this were a paperback.

Strange company…

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country inn with an intriguing treasure map, he thinks he’s scouted an easy and lucrative victim. Attaching himself to odd traveler Penric seems simple enough, but when Roz’s old enemies catch up from behind, his plans take a turn for the much worse. When Pen’s claim that I never travel alone proves true in ways Roz never imagined, his world becomes more frightening still—but also much wider than he’d ever dared to dream.


The internal chronological order of the Penric & Desdemona tales is presently:

“Penric’s Demon”
“Penric and the Shaman”
“Penric’s Fox”
“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 first week of July has firmed up for the e-publication date, if all goes smoothly, on our 4 main platforms Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Apple Books.

In other good news, Blackstone has picked up the novella. (Possibly the fastest turn-around time between submission and acceptance ever, but we did give them a heads-up some weeks ago.) Narrator is planned to be Grover Gardner again. Blackstone likes to be able to release their audio versions simultaneously with the print/pixel publication, but our quick epub makes that too tight to be possible. They will be moving production right along though, I understand. I'll post the firm release date when I get it. (Blackstone has done a great job in selling my big backlist with them. I do need to do my part with energy-infusions of new work now and then.)

Ta, L.