Speak to the devil

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301 pages

English language

Published Feb. 11, 2010 by Tor.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-2347-7
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OCLC Number:
428026852

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4 stars (1 review)

Anton, an ambitious young knight, and Wulfgang, an amiable teenager who hears Voices that may belong to the devil or saints (depending on who tells the tale), join Cardinal Zdenek's forces with the assignment to take the strategic fortress at Cardice, command the army there, and hold Cardice against neighboring enemies.

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reviewed Speak to the devil by Dave Duncan

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4 stars

It's difficult to say which of the opening novels of these series I prefer. This one was shorter, or felt quicker, and had less in the way of viewpoint variety than [b:Children of Chaos|53545|Children of Chaos (Dodec, #1)|Dave Duncan|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1312062477s/53545.jpg|1894796]. The building of the speakers' levels reminded me a little of the Pandemia words, though necessarily truncated and sped up.

I liked how events were gone over several times with different characters, from chapter 30 it really built well. I did see the climax coming, if not in victim then certainly perpetrator, but Wulf's discomfiture after the death was very emotionally good and promises more fascinating things to come.