★★★☆☆
(High Fantasy) When invaders come to destroy his town, little Manil has to make terrible choices if he wants to survive. (4,239 words; Time: 14m)
"The Final Blow," by Scott Sigler [bio] (edited by John Joseph Adams), appeared in Lightspeed Magazine issue 111, published on August 1, 2019.
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Pro: It’s almost non-stop excitement/horror. Manil chooses life, but at a terrible cost.
Con: The story is gratuitously blood-thirsty, and there isn’t anything else to it. (Possibly it’s the start of a series.)
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Pro: It’s almost non-stop excitement/horror. Manil chooses life, but at a terrible cost.
Con: The story is gratuitously blood-thirsty, and there isn’t anything else to it. (Possibly it’s the start of a series.)
Other Reviews: Search Web
Scott Sigler Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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