The Keeper - Tapa dura

Akin to the more ambitious work of Stephen King...this effective debut promises great things to come. (Publishers Weekly)

[A] distinct and juicy flavor all its own. THE KEEPER begins what should be a very fruitful career. (Peter Straub, New York Times bestselling author of IN THE NIGHT ROOM)

'[A] brilliant debut, heralding the arrival of a major talent.' (Tim Lebbon, author of DUSK and BERSERK)

"A dark and bracingly bleak tale of supernatural terror." (Ramsey Campbell, author of SECRET STORY)

'THE KEEPER kept me up, late into the night...I'm hoping for a whole shelf of novels by Langan.' (Kelly Link, author of MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS)

'Deft and disturbing... twists expectations into surreal surprises... hypnotic reading - an assured and impressive debut.' (Douglas E. Winter)

'An astonishing first novel...chilling, haunting, and so smartly written that the pages fly by like the wind.' (Ray Garton, author of THE LOVELIEST DEAD)

'...The new author on the block is definitely a keeper...' (Edward Bryant, Locus Magazine)

'[THE KEEPER] will scare the heck out of you.' (OK! Magazine)

'THE KEEPER's a smart, brand-new take on the haunted house story. In vivid, compelling prose, which runs from the wry to the lyrical, Langan here gives us nothing less than a sharply realized portrait of an American town in the death-throes of decay. Susan Marley is a subtle juggernaut of a character --and she inhabits the mind once you've finished like a dark, lingering smoke.' (Jack Ketchum, author of OFFSPRING)