trackofwords's review
4.0
Commissar Selander stands in judgement over the Imperial forces locked in a seemingly endless stalemate on Solennes, fighting and dying over a bleak wasteland. After the execution of an apparent deserter fails to provide sufficient motivation for a decisive advance, Selander begins to see the shade of the executed soldier, and finds doubt creeping in to undermine his certainty.
With no narrator, Annandale keeps things tightly focused and dialogue-heavy. Selander is the focus of the story, and Matthew Hunt brings a fragile strength to his depiction of a character slowly buckling under psychological pressure – whether you believe there’s an actual ghost at play or not.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/10/09/quick-review-judge-of-the-wastes-david-annandale/
With no narrator, Annandale keeps things tightly focused and dialogue-heavy. Selander is the focus of the story, and Matthew Hunt brings a fragile strength to his depiction of a character slowly buckling under psychological pressure – whether you believe there’s an actual ghost at play or not.
Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2018/10/09/quick-review-judge-of-the-wastes-david-annandale/
ir85's review
5.0
Shows just how much can be done with a great main actor in a short running time when the writer knows what he's doing. This is a short character piece that perfectly presents the crappiness of fighting Chaos in WH40k's world.
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