Sean Randall reviewed A Rose-Red City by Dave Duncan
Review of 'A Rose-Red City' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
"their tension was obvious. They didn't know coyotes and they didn't know which side of the border they were on and they could heal teeth?"
This is a brilliant little debut, for I do believe it to be Duncan's first publication. It's quite interesting that he returned to a similar motif with King of Sords in 2013, though I enjoyed this one more.
The whole night huddled in the cottage was electrifying, those three chapters before the huge demonic intrusion were deliciously tense, and the twelfth, in the maze, was also gripping stuff. Honestly, if you're a Duncan fan there's a lot here for you and, although some of his fantastic tropes develop later on, this is a very respectable entry in his catalogue.