{"product_id":"prospers-demon-9781250260512","title":"Prosper's Demon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"As if Deadpool had slipped into the body of the Witcher Geralt.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the pitch dark, witty fantasy novella \u003ci\u003eProsper's Demon\u003c\/i\u003e, K. J. Parker deftly creates a world with vivid, unbending rules, seething with demons, broken faith, and worse men.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But they don't die, and we do. Equilibrium.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe unnamed and morally questionable narrator is an exorcist with great follow-through and few doubts. His 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProsper 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 demonically possessed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving worked in journalism, numismatics and the law, K. J. Parker now writes for a precarious living. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDevices and Desires\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvil for Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil You Know\u003c\/i\u003e, and other novels. K J Parker also writes under the name Tom Holt, and has won the World Fantasy Award twice.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669982318866,"sku":"9781250260512","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0bb12f89-cc9f-4584-8aad-eb09f771cf64.jpg?v=1733770353","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prospers-demon-9781250260512","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}