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The Loch

  • 2006 first published
  • 560 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (5 ratings)
  • 3 editions

Steve Alten's The Loch (2006) is a historical fantasy and horror novel. The story is set in Scotland and Ness, Loch, Scotland. Readers will find themes of Loch Ness monster, sea monsters, templars and marine biologists.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 7 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions.

It runs to roughly 560 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Horror fiction
  • Loch Ness monster
  • Sea monsters
  • Historical fantasy
  • Scotland
  • Suspense fiction
  • Knights Templar, Masonic order
  • Templars
  • Marine biologists
  • Fathers and sons

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Loch?

The Loch was written by Steve Alten and first published in 2006.

What genre is The Loch?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy and Horror.

How long is The Loch?

The median edition has 560 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Loch?

Readers who like it often enjoy 1602, John Burnet of Barnes and Something Wicked This Way Comes.

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