Throughout the book, Woermann is the only Nazi depicted in any kind of positive light. Klaus Woermann, a disillusioned Nazi officer, is given a somewhat-punitive assignment to guard a remote Romanian castle. Wilson primarily chooses to take the easiest of these four paths, keeping both the Nazis and the creature who murders them monstrous. With a setup like this, Wilson has an opportunity to do one of four things: he can turn the vampire into a hero (a fun role reversal for a traditional monster), he can turn one of the Nazis into a hero (a challenging prospect, considering their historical baggage), he can show both as somewhat-justified, or he can show both as monstrous. On the other hand, we have a supernatural monster (possibly a vampire, possibly not) who brutally murders Nazis one-by-one in the night. The Nazis are realists, hard-hearted murderers marching across Europe, slaughtering innocents by the millions. Set in 1941 in a remote mountain keep high in the Romanian Alps, the book pits two inhuman monsters against each other. Wilson’s deft command of craft as shown in his management of setting, and the gradual reveal of his monster make this book a worthwhile purchase.
Paul Wilson does an excellent job subverting staid vampire tropes and reveling in the devices of Gothic horror. Paul resides at the Jersey Shore and can be found on the Web at The Keep ( first in his Adversary Cycle ), F. The recent Other Sandboxes collects the numerous pastiches he has written over the years, and The Chronicles of F is a three-volume, 50-year retrospective on his short fiction. He also has written for the stage, screen, comic books, and interactive media. More than 9 million copies of his books are in print in the United States, and his work has been translated into 24 languages. The Tomb has spent over 25 years in development hell at Beacon Films as "Repairman Jack." The plan is to make Repairman Jack a franchise character. In 1983 Paramount rendered his novel The Keep into a visually striking but otherwise incomprehensible movie with screenplay and direction by Michael Mann. He is listed in the 50th anniversary edition of Who's Who in America and received the prestigious Inkpot Award from the San Diego Comic-Con. He was voted Grand Master by the World Horror Convention and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers of America. His novella "Aftershock" won a Stoker Award. The Tomb received the Porgie Award from The West Coast Review of Books Wheels Within Wheels won the first Prometheus Award. Six of his novels have appeared on the New York Times Bestsellers List. PAUL WILSON is the award-winning, bestselling author of 70 books and nearly one hundred short stories spanning science fiction, horror, adventure, medical thrillers, and virtually everything between.
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