About

Hallahan is an American writer, best known for his two occult novels, The Search for Joseph Tully and The Keeper of the Children.

Eddie Benson is a typical middle-class father with a secure job, a home in suburban Philadelphia, and a seemingly happy family For Benson life holds no fear or terror hen something unusual happens.

One day his daughter, Renni, a normal, fun-loving fourteen-year-old, disappears oon after, Eddie finds her wandering the streets of Philadelphia with a band of children Dressed in orange robes, they bear drums and tambourines and cymbals.

Oving through the crowds, they dance and sing and proffer metal bowls for coins The children refuse to return to their homes he youngsters, their parents have learned, are living with a mysterious Tibetan monk with strange, otherworldly powers.

What follows is a series of bone-chilling incidents, each more violent than the last, all inexplicable nly Eddie Benson will not abandon hope And to rescue his child, Eddie must run a terrible risk, one that could cost him his life and his soul hat Eddie Benson finally decides to do brings this novel to a stunning denouement Eddie must become engaged in an extraordinary combat, battle that no other human has ever fought before or all of us, his act is the ultimate act of courage allahan (1925-2018) was an American author, raised in Brooklyn He served three years in the United States Navy, then attended Temple University in Philadelphia where he obtained degrees in journalism and English his edition of Keeper of the Children includes a new introduction by Michael Saler, photographs and old book covers, and a bonus essay and bonus short story.

Edition Details

• Limited to 400 signed copies.
• Includes a new introduction and bonus stories and essays.
• Signed by Michael Saler and David Ho, with a facsimile signature by William H. Hallahan.
• Dustjacket, endpaper, frontispiece, and interior illustrations by David Ho.
• Illustrated endpapers.
• Top-edge stain.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, bound in Brillianta black cloth.
• Full dustjacket illustration pasted down on front board.
• Smyth-sewn binding.
• Book size 5¼ × 8¾ inches.
• Number of pages: 256.

External Links

• Keeper of the Children. Centipede Press page for Keeper of the Children
• William H. Hallahan (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for William H. Hallahan