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Penric's Fox

3/5. Another novella about Penric and his demon. A pleasant standalone murder mystery this time. Penric is still quite young here; he's learning about what he can do, and what he can't, and he's coming to be rightfully wary of his powers. All of which preoccupies him such that I don't think he notices that this story turns on women quietly making the world work. Or possibly the story doesn't notice? Unclear. Regardless, there's a casual bit of byplay where two women of differing magic schools talk carefully in each other's general direction for a bit then adroitly rearrange the men around them to suit them both,, and Pen sees this happen but doesn't see it happen, you know? Funny, in light of the pack of women in Pen's head. Anyway. He's still young, like I said.
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