The Prisoner of Limnos

The Prisoner of Limnos Audiobook

The Prisoner of Limnos is a romance novella. It is the seventh chapter in the World of the Five Gods: Penric & Desdemona novel series. The book is written by Lois McMaster Bujold. She is an acclaimed American writer of speculative fiction. She is the winner of the Hugo Award four times for the best novel. With that, she equaled the record of Robert A. Heinlein. Penric and the Shaman is a highly recommended novel that Lois McMaster Bujold has written. Moreover, The Curse of Chalion is another stunning novel from the same author.

The audio narration of The Prisoner of Limnos is done by Grover Gardner. Listeners were glad to find Gardner narrating this book as well as it turned out to be a spectacular performance. [The Prisoner Of Limnos AudioBook]

In this sequel novella of the series, Penric, the Temple sorcerer, and Niky’s, a widow had finally managed to reach the safety point that was somewhere within the duchy of Orbas. That was the time when a secret letter from a mate brought some frightening news. It was about the mother of Nikys who was taken hostage by the enemies of her brother. That happened in the Cedonian imperial court and got confined within a perilous island sanctuary. The own romance of Penric and Nikys remained unresolved. Desdemona of course must look to infiltrate the hostile country one more time. They had to find along the way that the family relationships could be extremely challenging at times. [The Prisoner Of Limnos AudioBook]

It is a very well-written sequel that addressed the loose threads that were found in the last book. Apart from the main characters, the supporting women characters were amazing as well in the story.