Lord Demon

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Lord Demon
Dust-jacket illustration from the first edition
Author	Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold
Cover artist	Amy Halperin
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Avon
Publication date	August 1999
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	276 pp
ISBN	ISBN 0-380-97333-2

Lord Demon is a 1999 posthumous novel by Roger Zelazny with Jane Lindskold.

It is a "scientific" fantasy built on favorite themes (the necessity of knowing oneself, of taking risks, and of accepting the vulnerability that comes with feeling passionately), drawing on East Asian, Irish, and hero's quest myths, and featuring his signature protagonist: erudite, smart-mouthed, detached, homicidal when roused but more often immersed in art, poetry, and the creation of alternate realities; unexpectedly kind to the weak and deeply romantic in his approach to women. The bad puns and wildly whimsical turns the story takes are also characteristic.