The Keep

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Summary: One of the best horror novels ever!
Review: Yeah, that sounds like an exaggerated proclamation. But it's true. F. Paul Wilson has a knack for writing thrillers (the "Repairman Jack" series, for example); in "The Keep," he just combines it with some extra-large doses of horror.

In the Romanian mountains, a bunch of Nazis have stumbled upon a deserted structure. Called a "keep"--though that's not what it really is--its purpose is a mystery, as are the strange crosses placed at precise intervals on all the walls. There's also the fact that no birds have nested at the keep, and no one is permitted to stay inside overnight...

But those darn Nazis always were foolhardy. Something is released that first night, something that defies description. It moves stealthily through the shadows, it murders with explicit savagery...and its bloodlust is endless...

Only one mysterious man and one determined Jewish woman can stop this evil...if the time has not already run out...

Evil vs. evil. F. Paul Wilson's "The Keep" is the first novel in what became known as the "Adversary Cycle," a series of loosely based novels all tied together at the end. "The Keep" stands alone, however, as an exemplary example of how a horror novel should be written. Delictable, terrifying, and unforgettable!

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Summary: One of the best in horror fiction
Review: One of the best books ever written in horrow fiction, definately one of the most original. The story is great, so are the characters and the dark atmosphere. Nazi soldiers are being horribly eliminated one every other night by something unseen in an ancient keep located in the dark Carpathian mountains in Romania. This evil presence is superbly created by F. Paul Wilson. His best work to date.

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Summary: Excellent Horror
Review: The Keep is an outstanding and satisfying horror yarn. I highly recommend it to fans of the genre. Also to the reader from New Hamshire The Keep was made into a movie. Check out the film. It has a great cast.

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Summary: The Keep
Review: The Keep is important to the Third Reich. So when German soldiers stationed there start to die the SS is sent to investigate and DESTROY whatever enemy they find.
But what happens when the enemy is more powerful, more ruthless and even more sadistic than the Death Squads sent to fight it?
The story started out very strong, a mixture of horror, mystery and even a touch historical novel. The characters seemed real, the plot solid and the flow was smooth. The fears that Theodor Cuza develops about his religion and his faith, the interplay between Erich Kaempffer's naked greed and Klaus Woermann's military professionalism, only add to the reality of the setting.
But near the end the story started to get a little too wild, turning from a vampire/between a rock and a hard place/Lovecraft book into something more fitting of fantasy/Evil vs. Good/E.E."Doc" Smith book.