Burning Roses

Written by S. L. Huang

Narrated by Nancy Wu

Rosa, also known as Red Riding Hood, is done with wolves and woods.

Hou Yi the Archer is tired, and knows she's past her prime.

They would both rather just be retired, but that's not what the world has ready for them.

When deadly sunbirds begin to ravage the countryside, threatening everything they've both grown to love, the two must join forces. Now blessed and burdened with the hindsight of middle age, they begin a quest that's a reckoning of sacrifices made and mistakes mourned, of choices and family, and the quest for immortality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: May 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9781705287026

S. L. Huang

S.L. Huang is a Hugo-winning and Amazon-bestselling author who justifies an MIT degree by using it to write eccentric mathematical superhero fiction. The author of the Cas Russell novels as well as Burning Roses and The Water Outlaws, she has had short fiction published in Analog, F&SF, Nature, and more, including best-of anthologies. She is also a Hollywood stunt performer and firearms expert, with credits including Battlestar Galactica and Top Shot. For more information, visit SLHuang.com.

Reviews for Burning Roses

[NicholaAnkeMillen · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Love the mixing of European and Asian mythologies here.
Also the discussion of character morality is fun.

[Laurie Grauer · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It took time to get into the story. It starts slow and the narrator’s voice had more of a gravely voice than I’m used to. I will also say at some points the story seemed a bit melodramatic, however, by part 2 the story’s pace picked up, the complexity of the characters was revealed, and the ingenuity of this world began to unfold. So glad I stayed till the end.

[Alan · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

One star because I could not give less!
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