★★★☆☆
(High Fantasy) Dagn just needs to get through the feast without the squabbling heirs to the throne realizing that she plans to let a rebel army into the fortress. (4,557 words; Time: 15m)
"The Only Way Out is Through," by Setsu Uzumé [bio] (edited by Scott H. Andrews), appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies issue 293, published on December 12, 2019.
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Review: 2019.693 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: There’s plenty of tension and excitement, and lots of twists in the plot.
Con: It doesn’t make a lot of sense that Dagn follows Ulti even though she needs to open the gates in mere minutes. Why not just kill her and hide the body? It only would have needed to stay hidden for an hour or so.
Dagn has a 21st-Century sentimentality about dogs that jars with her role as guard and killer.
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Pro: There’s plenty of tension and excitement, and lots of twists in the plot.
Con: It doesn’t make a lot of sense that Dagn follows Ulti even though she needs to open the gates in mere minutes. Why not just kill her and hide the body? It only would have needed to stay hidden for an hour or so.
Dagn has a 21st-Century sentimentality about dogs that jars with her role as guard and killer.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Setsu Uzumé Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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