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Wole Talabi: Unquiet on the Eastern Front (EBook, 2024, Subterranean Press)

It is 1940 and Kenneth Lockwood is a Lieutenant in the British colonial armed forces, …

Felt like it needed more dread

An epistolary horror story, relayed from the perspective of the son of people living in England as he leads a squad of mostly West African soldiers across the continent to fight Italians occupying East Africa. He's eager to join the war effort, but is surprised that there's more to fight than Italians. He doesn't seem to feel much dread at stories of a creature in the woods. As a reader, neither did I. No dread, no horror. The story felt like it was happening to NPCs. I'm not much for horror though, so take my take with a grain of salt. The ebook for Unquiet On The Easternb Front is available free from Subterranean Press, so you can easily judge for yourself.