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Prosper's Demon

K. J. Parker (2020)

SubgenreDark Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages104 (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.71/5 (6870)

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Positive tags

Dark HumorAntihero

Protagonist archetypes

AntiheroMorally Gray Protagonist

Synopsis

*In 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.* The 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. Prosper 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.

Tags

Philosophical FantasyDark HumorNovellaWeird Fiction