Prosper's Demon
Author(s): K. J. Parker
An exorcist's 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. His target, 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 possessed.In this pitch dark witty fantasy, Parker deftly creates a world with vivid, unbending rules, seething with demons, broken faith, and bad men. Prosper's Demon cheerfully and acidly excavates some of Western literature's deepest tropes--from Plato's Philosopher King to Marlowe and Goethe on Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles--with infernal flair.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
- : Tor Books
- : 0.3
- : 31 December 2019
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- : books
Special Fields
- : K. J. Parker
- : 112
- : English
- : 1
- : Paperback