In 1914, Irish policeman Woodrow Tierney joins the British war effort and is sent to Antwerp. Before reaching the front lines, he is assigned a secret task: to interrogate two veterans of the Anglo-Zulu War who claim a Zulu demon is hunting and killing the last survivors of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift. As the German assault on Antwerp intensifies, Woodrow questions the men in the ammunition vaults beneath the fort’s gun turrets. Their account of the demon begins to mirror the nightmares that have been tormenting him.
This was a massively fun and enjoyable story. Most of the fun here is the immensely intriguing presentation that allows this to allow for an exploration of the main event that's at the center of the whole thing, involving the revelation about what happened in the bunker. The whole thing details these events as a series of letters and email messages that are focused on bringing to light these events from this bunker several decades ago, where the soldiers are trying to deal with the rigors of war, and how it all details the various needs going on for the troops there that all lead into these strange incidents about this figure they believe they've unearthed. It comes together in a unique and immersive way in this presentation and manages to slowly build the tension of what's going on in a wholly unexpected way with how it unravels these elements.
The storyline that develops here, focusing on the mission to investigate the stories of these soldiers who returned from an engagement in this brutal conflict against this tribe of Zulu warriors in their bunker and report back, unraveling a series of strange accounts about this demonic spirit they believe has been raised to stop them for what they've done to their land, comes across incredibly well. These various means of explaining the events in the bunker and the different encounters with the team make for a fun time as it slowly explores the atmosphere of the situation, the brutality of war before having to deal with this demonic entity, and the desire to get things settled before it's too late. The ending is where this might be slightly flawed, with a quick-shot, open-ended finish that feels rather abrupt, but there's little else here to hold this down.
4.5/5
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