”Request immediate relocation.Something is murdering my men.” The Keep 1983Captain Klaus Woermann and his men have been sent to the Dinu Pass in the Transylvanian Alps to set up a fortified position to protect vital oil fields in Romania from a potential Russian invasion. Protect might be an overstatement. His small contingent can do little but warn Berlin that an invasion has happened. Woermann is too senior of an officer for this type of task, but because he has refused to join the Nazi

He was dead. And yet not dead.I’ve long been meaning to read The Keep. It is the first in the Adversary Cycle, and ties in with the (later) Repairman Jack novels. I have also seen it mentioned on numerous top-ten lists pertaining to Vampire Horror (although, to be fair, the author is very specific about the nature of his antagonist – but this is spoiler territory so I won’t go there).So, does it live up to expectation?Something in that air caused the hair on his arms and at the base of his neck

Bewildered by the great reviews of this ho-hum piece of horror hackwork. Rife with cliched conflicts, cardboard characters, derivative romantic subplot, thudding dialogue, unimaginative scenes of violent mayhem, a boring climax of ageless good v. evil, and the sappy, unearned epilogue, all of which have been seen a hundred, a thousand times before. It all adds up to the reader never feeling that tingle, that can't-turn-pages-fast-enough vibe that makes this kind of mainstream bestseller work. I’...

I really enjoyed this fascinating good versus evil story set in a keep in Romania during WW2. Who is behind the characters of Molasar and Glenn and why are they fighting against each other since the beginning of the world? What connection is to Dracula/Vlad Tepes (you really got new unknown aspects here)? Compelling story with intriguing characters, Nazi villains and an evil force you can really be afraid of. A bit too long though but very eerie (Molasar) and uncanny at some parts (especially wi...

3 starsI have no doubt the book packed a punch when it was published in 1981. Speaking for myself...I really liked The Keep at the beginning 😍Then it started to be a bit too predictable 🙄 Finally, it dragged 😴But, if you enjoy the following trailer of Return To Castle Wolfenstein, you will probably enjoy reading The Keep as well!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KSnf...

I remember this book terrifying me when I read it in the early eighties. However, the horror is all reserved for the early chapters - towards the end, it becomes more of a thriller.This one is really old-fashioned. A centuries-old evil and its centuries-old nemesis fighting it out in a Transylvanian castle during the Nazi occupation. There is also a Jewish exorcist (well, folklorist, actually) and his beautiful daughter in the mix.If you love vintage ghost stories, this should be your cup of tea...

That was a cool story! I haven't read a straight up horror like this in a good while. I was a little late getting to it for a Halloween read, but no matter. I'm glad I finally checked this off my TBR list. I enjoyed Molasar and how he handled the Germans. This book is perfect for anyone with pent up resentment towards Hitler and the Nazi party. This must have been fun for F. Paul Wilson to write.

I was glad that I went into this book unaware of many of the plot elements. It made for a more exciting read. Despite this, I was still surprised as things turn out to be not as they seemed. I liked F. Paul Wilson's writing voice. It's erudite and sophisticated. He did his research about WW2 and what was going on in Europe at this time. The aspects of the Nazis' treatment of the Jews and the Gypsies made my heart hurt. I can't and never will understand such barbarity, cruelty, and inhumanity. Mr...

F. Paul Wilson on writing, his protagonist Repairman Jack, and inspirations. | More2ReadWilson is a skilled story-teller who knows how to write a good plot and intertwine a story with healthy mix of terror romance and history.The story is about The Keep an intriguing fortress where one by one men are murdered by a mysterious being. The victims are german soldiers, I found myself backing the perpetrators blood thirst of ridding The Keep of the invaders of Romania, but there seems to be a more sin...

I can’t believe I’ve waited so long to try out an F. Paul Wilson book! This was really good. The writing was very smooth and easy to read. The action started early and carried right through to the end. While this is definitely a horror story, it has an epic feel to it that I quite enjoyed. Overall, I’m going with 4.5/5.0 stars. The hard part now is deciding which of Mr. Wilson’s books to go to next - a good thing considering there are a bunch.

This is one of the worst books I have ever read. A friend recommended it to me, and against my better judgment, I took a copy with me on vacation. The writing style is very cliché - it feels like he has taken whole sentences from other horror writers and strung them together to create this work. The plot is forseeable, the characters are cheesy and annoying, the story seems to be rooted in pseudo-history...not quite accurate enough to seem like a real era, and not quite fantastical enough to tra...

I read this awesome book, way back in my teens in the 80’s. I remember never having read anything by this author before but this was a book that my (then) boyfriend had read, and had raved about. I didn’t think that it would be my cup of tea, but after a slow start I was inside the book. Can’t remember the details of this as it was a long time ago but something is killing the Nazi soldiers of WW2 taking shelter in this castle in Transylvania. I really need to read this again and re-familiarise w...

I've actually read this book before, but it still counts towards my 100 New Books goal because I didn't remember that I had read it until about a chapter or two in. The premise is great: Nazis move into a keep in Romania and start dying one-by-one at the hands of what can only be described as a vampire. Nazis, vampire, and even zombies near the end. Great stuff for someone like me. For the first 3/4 of the book, it's positively thrilling. It's creepy. It's atmospheric. But it falls apart near th...