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Showing posts with label David Annadale. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 6, 2022

All About You | Warhammer Horror Review | AstraDaemon

For many long years through the Age of Chaos, the lands of Ghyran suffered under the yoke of the servants of Nurgle. Disease wracked the lands, and life became an unending cycle of horror and misery. Then came light, in the form of the Stormcast Eternals, Sigmar's celestial heroes. Yet light cannot destroy darkness, as Bered Davan has learned. A witch hunter, he is no stranger to the vile things that lurk in the Mortal Realms, but as he hunts the source of a contagion, he will be tested as never before...

THE HUNT by David Annadale is told through second-person, and this ruined the story for me. I didn't feel any connection to Bered, so I didn't care what happened to him.

Annadale's story THE VINTAGE is a far better Warhammer short.

As always,
AstraDaemon

Friday, February 4, 2022

Red Thumb | Warhammer Horror Review | AstraDaemon

A traumatised Freeguild Soldier stationed in a lonely stronghold remembers how he suffered as a child under the tyranny of Anasta Malkorion, dreading the day she returns to claim the blood she was denied.

THE VINTAGE by David Annadale is far better than anything I imagined. I love the way the author cultivates the bond between the reader and the main character, but, most of all, I love the twist on the vampire encounter.

As always,
AstraDaemon