Two excellent first edition novels from American speculative fiction writer Lois McMaster Bujold, special signed editions. Two volumes. First hardcover editions. Signed by the author. Both volumes are part of a special signed edition limited to four hundred and fifty copies. From the World of the Five Gods series, consisting of four novels and eleven novellas which explore an alternate reality on a world analogous to Earth, influenced by conflicts between the old shamanic religion, the new dominant Quintarian religion, and the heretical Quadrene faith, mirroring the spread of Christianity in pagan lands and the later clashes between Catholicism and Islam. Written by Lois McMaster Bujold, an American speculative fiction writer who has won the Hugo Award for best novel four times. This set contains: Penric's Mission, 2017. Number three hundred and seventy-two. Penric sails on a journey to Cedonia disguised as a young lawyer on business. His real mission is one of clandestine diplomacy on behalf of the Duke of Adria. No one is supposed to know his secret, other than his usual travel companion the chaos demon Desdemona, so why then does he find himself ambushed on arrival? Mira's Last Dance, 2018. Number two hundred and twenty-five. A sequel to Penric's Mission, this novella follows an injured Penric as he tries to guide the betrayed General Arisaydia and his widowed sister Nikys across the last one hundred miles of hostile Cedonia to safety in the Duchy of Orbas. In the original full faux leather binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine