Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #16 July 2015 | Page 45

Book Reviews by Pete Sutton
Review of Demon Dance by Brian
Freyermuth
Freyermuth has created an enjoyable Urban Fantasy in
this, a first in a series. He’s taken in media res to heart,
and we get dropped straight into a story that feels as
though it is part of an ongoing story. So much so in
fact, that I wondered if there’d been another book
before this one. Our hero, snarky Nick St James, is a
former private investigator, who appears to have a few
problems with authority.
The book opens with Nick, while attempting to put
his old life behind him due to reasons (that are made
clear later in the book), being accosted by Coyote,
the Native American trickster god. Coyote puts him
in peril and then delivers a dragon scale that a dragon
wants him to have for reasons (that are not made so
clear later in the book).

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