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Summary: What an Exciting Read!
Review: Having read a few books by this gifted and versatile author already, I followed some of the above recommendations - and was rewarded by losing a few nights' sleep. This book has really got it all: a love story set against the desparate background of WW2, supernatural elements that will keep your skin crawling, lots of thrilling & well-written horror, and finally the fight between good and evil."The Keep" is is a book you will certainly never forget!
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Summary: A mixture of dark fantasy and historical drama.
Review: I enjoyed this book. From the very beginning, a classic war between good and evil. First we think it is the Nazi's, a horror created by man. Yet the evil goes deeper than that, drawing the reader into a spellbinding black tale. Page by page we learn to love some of the characters, hate others, and fear for the fate of mankind. The author superbly weaves us into the tale, until ultimately we are caught up in the battle ourselves. I was left wondering, was this a tale of mythical proportions or was it an attempt to force us to see what our very humanness is capable of? Either way, the story gets my vote.
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Summary: Simply the best of its style
Review: I have read this book every couple of years since it first came out, something that I have not done with any other book.
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Summary: Outstanding Book!
Review: I have never been a fan of horror books. This book changed all of that. Nazi troops decide to occupy an acient castle in old Romania. One by one the Nazi troops start getting killed. It gets to the point where the Nazi in charge has to send for help. When the Gestapo troops arrive they start getting killed. The Nazis seek the help of a local professor and his daughter. Into the picture steps Glen who is really G;aeken an ancient warrior. He has been doing battle with the killer of the Nazi troops for an eternity. The killer of the troops is a monster named Molosar. He comes close to escaping into the outside world but is stopped by Glaeken and Magda. The world is saved. This book has every sort of action scene. It also has an outstanding plot. But this book,you will not be dissapointed.
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Summary: Basic horror made better
Review: "The Keep" is really, in its basic form, a pulp horror novel and it covers some familiar territory: slimy, evil things in the dark that no one believes is there till their dead, characters getting mad at each other rather than at whatever is killing them. But "The Keep" is better than one might expect, and it is raised far above its humble horror premise. First of all, the setting elevates it: Set during world war II when the greatest horror in history was playing out, in an isolated keep that is brought into the modern world beautifully but given a hint of gothicism. Yet the "typical" scenes of horror here are elevated because of Wilson's genuine talent for giving the reader chills. The way he describes the darkness "enveloping" people is truly frightening, and there are many further scenes that induce terror, two dead men standing over a sleeping man's bed and etc. Then the characters - here is where Wilson truly excels. One might think that you can feel nothing for these characters, since they are Nazis. But throughout a large part of the book, the main character is German Captain Klaus Woermann, who despises Nazism and would really rather not be at the keep, he feels sorry for the suffering caused. He is a truly likeable character for the most part, but more importantly, he feels REAL, all the characters do. Even small characters who are only in the book for a few pages are given in an introduction, a brief history that truly makes you feel for them and for their situation. The finale gets a little to fantasy-ish for my personal tastes, as well as the final explanation behind the killing force in the keep, but thats a minor thing. There are so many scenes of spine-chilling horror in this book that it truly is a rarity of its type.
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Summary: Something more evil than nazis...
Review: This is a great horror novel, with genuine creepiness. When nazi troops stationed at a remote Keep in Romania start dying horribly, one for each night, their commander sends a message to High Command stating "something is murdering my men". An SS squad is sent to stop the problem, their commander convinced partisan activity is to blame. But no mortal can be attributed to the continued demise of troops. Suspicion of the supernatural at work brings the nazis to enlist the aid of an ailing history and folklore professor, who happens to be a Jew. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger has started a journey to confront the evil in the Keep once again... This novel is extremely entertaining, the death scenes are explicit, the terror truly felt. The explanation of the evil entity is intriguing in premise. The characters are written in animated style, solid, and never shallow. When reading this I felt like I was there, which really added to the fear factor. Definitely a classic horror tale, atlhough requires a high level ability to suspend disbelief.
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Summary: Mindblowing...
Review: ...forget the average review. This is one of those horror novels that reminds you why you read this genre to begin with. A page turner, an addiction, the keep is worth its weight in gold.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: Simply the best horror story book that I have ever read in my entire life time. It is a gripping story det against the background of WW2 that tells of a detachment of German soldiers sent to occupy a fortification in the Translyvanian Alps in Romania, to keep an eye on the Russian movements. But Captain Woermann and his men discover something so evil, something so terrible, that it starts slowly taking one of his men at a time. The SS are dispacthed to deal with the problem and the rivarly between Woermann and the SS commander, Major Kaempffer is great, it keeps more tension throughout the entire book. Anyway, it was an awesome story of horror and evil. I am sorry to say that the movie was a dissapointment, for you own sake... READ THE BOOK FIRST or you may discourage yourself from ever wanting to look at this story again, please it is a shame for such a great book to be devastated by a mediocure movie.
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Summary: One of the best horror books
Review: Its hard to categorize this book, since it reads far better than the traditional "horror" splatterfest. Its as much a suspense novel as a pure horror yarn. It also has the ability to draw you in. I read it at a hotel by the sea, but while reading it I felt that I had been transported to the gothic environs of the Keep itself.
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Summary: Refreshingly unique
Review: A friend asked me to describe THE KEEP. I had to tell him I couldn't say too much about this complex novel for fear of giving away vital plot lines before he could read for himself.
Set in World War II, THE KEEP follows a German Army troop as they move into a Romanian mountain fortress to protect a strategic entry point from enemies. Then 'something' starts picking them off one by one. Reinforcements arrive by way of an SS extermination squad which is no more successful in vanquishing the unseen foe. Then we're introduced to Professor Cuza, his daughter, Magda, and Glenn, the mysterious stranger. What ensues is one of the most uniqe vampire stories I have ever read. The power struggle between Captain Woermann and SS Major Kaempffer provides constant tension and conflict throughout the story. Molasar, the resident vamp, is so evil and fascinating; I'd like to see more of him. But he's not your garden-variety vampire; Wilson throws in a few twists to the traditional vamp tale. This novel brilliantly combines history, military strategy and politics, vampire myth, and suspense to create one incredible story. Some Nazis get disposed of along the way which, in my opinion, is never a bad thing.
This is a great read. I couldn't put it down, and I can't wait to move on to the next in the series.
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