The Crimson Keep was created in 2011 when Crazy 8 Press made its public debut. "Demon Circle," the first tale of the Crimson Keep, was a round-robin story written to raise funds for a worthy cause . . . but the authors couldn't get these characters and this fantastical world out of their minds.Now, in celebration of its third anniversary, the authors of Crazy 8 Press--Russ Colchamiro, Peter David, Micha el Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger, Glenn Hauman, Paul Kupperberg, and Aaron Rosenberg--have gathered to craft all-new Tales of the Crimson Keep. This first-ever Crazy 8 Press anthology reintroduces you to teen apprentices Athis, Belid, and Klaria, and to their teacher, the powerful and enigmatic sorcerer known only as the Master.Within these pages you'll also meet the Master's very first student . . . encounter some thieves who washed out of the apprentice program . . . learn the fate of the dread demon Koliander the Undying . . . follow two novices on their inaugural mission . . . watch as another learns a hard-won lesson . . . and see how the lives of the apprentices--and the power of the Crimson Keep--crop up in the most unexpected places. So step inside and join the team at Crazy 8 Press on a series of truly magical adventures--within the Crimson Keep.

On a quiet, dead-end residential street on the outskirts of Omaha, Nebraska sits an old house called Tanglewood. In its front yard a large old ash tree casts its shadow across shrubs and flowerbeds and a lawn that have all long ago surrendered any pretense of life. But inside the House are the Doors. Doors too numerous to count. Doors made of the wood from Yggdrasil, the great Norse World Tree that stands at the center of the universe. Doors that lead to every time and every place that ever was-or ever could be. Provided you are one of the rare few with the gift, a child with the ability to step through such Doors to the other side. Provided you are a Latchkey, capable of becoming one of the Wardens, the protectors of Tanglewood and its Doors. Then-disaster! Tanglewood's connection to the World Tree is somehow broken. And many of its Doors disappear, sent spinning out across time and space with no rhyme or reason, leaving behind only the flimsiest of shadows. Now the young Wardens must find and return the missing Doors. But many of them have splintered from the impact. Those missing pieces must be restored before the Doors can be returned. And Splinters can be anywhere and assume any form. Almost like they don't want to be found. Read all about the Latchkeys and their exciting, thrilling, spooky adventures to places that were, places that might have been, and places that almost could be!