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The story involves mountain climbers Nick and Augustin scaling the Maudit, a mysterious mountain in the Swiss Alps peak that is not on any maps and where the normal laws of physics do not appear to apply. After a harrowing experience, Augustin is dead and Nick lies wounded in a hospital. However, he appears to be strangely haunted…

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The story involves mountain climbers Nick and Augustin scaling the Maudit, a mysterious mountain in the Swiss Alps peak that is not on any maps and where the normal laws of physics do not appear to apply. After a harrowing experience, Augustin is dead and Nick lies wounded in a hospital. However, he appears to be strangely haunted…
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* ContinuityNod: There is a brief mention of a town in the Hudson valley that disappeared, implying that ''Literature/{{Hex}}'' (the international version, that is) takes places in the same universe.

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* ContinuityNod: There is a brief mention of a town in the Hudson valley that disappeared, implying that ''Literature/{{Hex}}'' (the international version, that is) takes places place in the same universe.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Original Dutch cover]] ''Echo'' is a Dutch horror novel by Thomas Olde Heuvelt, the author of ''Literature/{{Hex}}'', which has been translated into a number of different languages, including English.

The story involves mountain climbers Nick and Augustin scaling the Maudit, a mysterious mountain in the Swiss Alps peak that is not on any maps and where the normal laws of physics do not appear to apply. After a harrowing experience, Augustin is dead and Nick lies wounded in a hospital. However, he appears to be strangely haunted…

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* ContinuityNod: There is a brief mention of a town in the Hudson valley that disappeared, implying that ''Literature/{{Hex}}'' (the international version, that is) takes places in the same universe.
* DemonicPossession: An unusual example, in that Nick appears to be possessed by the spirit of a mountain.
* EldritchLocation: The Maudit, a mountain that is not on any map and where physical space appears to be warped, causing Nick and Augustin to become hopelessly lost.
* OneWordTitle: Echo, both in Dutch and English, since the word is the same in both languages ( Albeit pronounced slightly differently.).
* ShoutOut: The chapters of the book are titled after famous horror stories and novels.

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