num_pages: 406
description: "Something is murdering my men." Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. And when an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to solve the problem, the men find a something that's both powerful and terrifying. Invisible and silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future victims. Panicked, the Nazis bring in a local expert on folklore--who just happens to be Jewish--to shed some light on the mysterious happenings. And unbeknownst to anyone, there is another visitor on his way--a man who awoke from a nightmare and immediately set out to meet his destiny. The battle has On one side, the ultimate evil created by man, and on the other...the unthinkable, unstoppable, unknowing terror that man has inevitably awakened.
language: English
title: The Keep
titlecomplete: The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)
characters: Professor Theodor Cuza, Glaeken, Rasalom, Major Erik Kaempffer, Magda Cuza, Captain Klaus Woermann
genres: Fiction, War, Mystery, Thriller, Vampires, Horror, Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural
ratings_count: 18628
places: Dinu Pass, Romanian Alps
series: The Secret History of the World, Adversary Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Balrog Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Berkley