Synopsis
"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.
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About the Author
F. PAUL WILSON, the New York Times bestselling author of eight previous Repairman Jack novels, lives in Wall, New Jersey.
Review
"The Tomb is one of the best all-out adventure stories I've read in years." --Stephen King (President of the Repairman Jack fan club)
"Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages. . . . hugely entertaining."
--Dean Koontz
"F. Paul Wilson is a great storyteller and a thoughtful one."--David Morrell
"A riveting combination of detective story and horror fiction . . . .This thriller is fast-action fun!" -Publishers Weekly on The Tomb
"F. Paul Wilson is a hot writer, and his hottest, and my favorite creation, is Repairman Jack. No one does this kind of weird meets crime better than Wilson. Gripping, fascinating, one of a kind. That's F. Paul Wilson and Repairman Jack." --Joe R. Lansdale
"Call a plumber when the sink is clogged, the cops when you've been robbed, but when the you-know-what hits the fan, it's time to call Repairman Jack. . . . Wilson's tale shakes, rattles and rolls."--New York Daily News on The Haunted Air
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THE KEEP (Adversary Cycle #1) Source for the 1983 Paramount Pictures MOVIE Directed by Michael Mann, Starring: Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Jurgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Alberta Watson.
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ISBN 10: 0425058409
ISBN 13: 9780425058404
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. MOVIE Edition with 5 PHOTOS from the Film on Back cover, and Painted Front Cover. (illustrator). Fifth Edition By This Publisher. 406-Pages; 210-Grams; ISBN: 0-425-06443-3; DIFFERENT cover from the 1982 first PRE-MOVIE Printing; "A Novel of Deep Horror"; Source for the 1983 Paramount Pictures MOVIE Directed by Michael Mann, Starring: Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Jurgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Alberta Watson. Music by Tangerine Dream; IMDB: Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison. Goodreads: 'Request immediate relocation. Something is murdering my men. The message, sent by Captain Klaus Woermann to German Army High Command. The a medieval fortress overlooking the Dinu Pass, high in the Transylvanian Alps. Where the German garrison was being taken and murdered one by one, night after night, and left, throats torn out, to drive the survivors mad with fear. The a reinforcing squad of terror-hardened SS Einsatzkommandos. The ignorance. The legends of Transylvania meant nothing to them. Nor the existence of an evil centuries older and hideously more powerful than anything in even the most diseased imaginings of an SS killer. >>> Scuffing to covers, Indents to covers; backcover creasing; edge wear to covers; Vertical Reading Stress Lines on spine, Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 167039
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THE KEEP (Adversary Cycle #1) Source for the 1983 Paramount Pictures MOVIE Directed by Michael Mann, Starring: Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Jurgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Alberta Watson.
Published by
Berkley Books Pub, USA, 1982
ISBN 10: 0425058409
ISBN 13: 9780425058404
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Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. PRE-MOVIE, Original Embossed Cover, with Silver Foil Title! (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 406-Pages; 220-Grams; ISBN: 0-425-05840-9; "A Novel of Deep Horror"; Source for the 1983 Paramount Pictures MOVIE Directed by Michael Mann, Starring: Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen, Jurgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Alberta Watson. Music by Tangerine Dream; IMDB: Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison. Goodreads: 'Request immediate relocation. Something is murdering my men. The message, sent by Captain Klaus Woermann to German Army High Command. The a medieval fortress overlooking the Dinu Pass, high in the Transylvanian Alps. Where the German garrison was being taken and murdered one by one, night after night, and left, throats torn out, to drive the survivors mad with fear. The a reinforcing squad of terror-hardened SS Einsatzkommandos. The ignorance. The legends of Transylvania meant nothing to them. Nor the existence of an evil centuries older and hideously more powerful than anything in even the most diseased imaginings of an SS killer. >>> Scuffing to covers, Vertical Reading Stress Lines on spine, surface scratching to covers; slight spine slant; edge wear to covers; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 167038
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