#73 The Assassins of Thasalon (Penric and Desdemona by Lois McMaster Bujold

When Penric saves his brother-in-law from a sorcerous attack it starts the wheels in motion that certainly has his saint’s hands in the mix.  After setting a trap for the assassin to try again they capture her and find out that she the Bastard God very much is upset about how his saint has been blackmailed to do these murders and sets Penric on the road to set things to right.  Since he will have to travel back to Cedonia, there will be some cameos from the previous books when he went in to recruit and then rescue the general that became his brother-in-law.  As usual Bujold writes a wonderful story, and it is great to see these characters on the page again.  I can’t wait for the next adventure.