The Holcroft Covenant (2011)
“She had borrowed a flashlight from the concierge, and now she had angled the beam of light in front of her as she began to trek through the woods to Werner Gerhardt’s house.
It was not so much a house, thought Helden as she reached the strange-looking structure, as a miniature stone fortress. It was very small—smaller than Herr Oberst’s cottage—but from where she stood the walls appeared to be extremely thick. The beam of the flashlight caught bulging rocks that had been cemented together along the two sides she could see; and the roof, too, was heavy. The few windows were high off the ground and narrow. She had never seen a house like it before. It seemed to belong in a children’s fairy tale, subject to magic incantations.
It answered a question provoked by the concierge’s remarks when she had returned from the village square several hours ago.
“Did you find Mad Gerhardt? They say he was once a great diplomat before the marbles rattled in his head. It’s rumored old friends still care... for him, although none come to see him anymore.MoreLess
It was not so much a house, thought Helden as she reached the strange-looking structure, as a miniature stone fortress. It was very small—smaller than Herr Oberst’s cottage—but from where she stood the walls appeared to be extremely thick. The beam of the flashlight caught bulging rocks that had been cemented together along the two sides she could see; and the roof, too, was heavy. The few windows were high off the ground and narrow. She had never seen a house like it before. It seemed to belong in a children’s fairy tale, subject to magic incantations.
It answered a question provoked by the concierge’s remarks when she had returned from the village square several hours ago.
“Did you find Mad Gerhardt? They say he was once a great diplomat before the marbles rattled in his head. It’s rumored old friends still care... for him, although none come to see him anymore.MoreLess
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