num_pages: 127
description: K.J. Parker returns to the amoral world of Prosper's Demon with a wry sardonic novella that flips the eternal rule-governed battle between men and demons on its head.An anonymous representative of the Devil once a high-ranking Duke of Hell and now a committed underachiever has spent the last forever of an eternity leading a perfectly tedious existence distracting monks from their liturgical devotions. Its interminable but he prefers it that way now that hes been officially designated by Downstairs as fragile. No he wont elaborate.All that changes when he finds himself ensnared along with a sadistic exorcist in a labyrinthine plot to subvert the very nature of Good and Evil. In such a circumstance sympathy for the Devil is practically inevitable.
language: English
title: Inside Man
publisher: Tor.com