The Keeper

by Ted Dekker, Tosca Lee

Genres: General Fiction

Synopsis

In the Russian wasteland, a man named Talus bears a secret so terrible that it will cost him no less than his life to share it. . . a secret so terrible that he must share it in order to find those who will help him protect the knowledge that will one day save humanity. He has chosen two brothers, both hermit monks, to join him in his quest. But time is short... and no man is ready to receive the news that Talus must now share with them both: That they are both already dead. The Keeper is the short story prequel to Forbidden, the first novel in The Books of Mortals series. First there was the Circle Trilogy. Now a new stunning epic begins.

Release date: September 13, 2011

Publisher: Center Street

Print pages: 16

Sample

The day Pavel and Gustov Malincovich learned that they were dead was like any other day in the Russian wasteland—hot, dry,
and sublimely quiet.


The seasoned twins lived alone in the hovel where they had spent nearly thirty years practicing the near-monastic discipline
of the hermit separated from the rest of the world. They were fifty-one years of age—identical in appearance down to their
threadbare robes, the blue eyes in their weathered faces, and the grey beards that hung from their chins.


Their existence was a simple affair dedicated entirely to stripping away the distractions of a world gone mad to chase peace
through perfect Order. A small price to pay for the promise of Bliss in the life to come.


But tonight everything the brothers thought they knew about life was about to change.

Pavel sat outside on a log beside his brother, staring in silence at the cook fire crackling at their feet, listening . . .