Prosper's Demon

I went into this with some skepticism (it just seemed like a Penric rip-off!) and left pleasantly surprised. It's a excellently structured novella that reads like a train and never overstays its welcome. I got about 1/4 through SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY about a year ago and just really didn't like it, so I wrote Parker off. Glad I decided to give him another try!