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Sanctuary [Kindle Edition]

Donna Ball
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In the terrifying tradition of Dean Koontz...

Fleeing the violence and crime of life in the city, architect Laura Kane and her five year old daughter Christy move to an exclusive planned community deep in the untouched mountain wilderness of the Smoky Mountains. Legend has it that their home is built on holy ground. Other legends tell of hideous beasts that roam the mountainside, Yeti-like creatures so terrifying that no one has ever dared disturb their sanctuary… until now.

First there are random acts of vandalism, then small pets begin to disappear, and then men go into the woods and don’t come back. When Christy’s nightmares begin to suggest that she can actually communicate with the creatures who are wreaking such havoc on their small and vulnerable community, Laura is terrified. Because Christy’s dreams tell her that the monsters are coming for her next.

And she is right.

Sanctuary is a suspense-filled tale of love, courage and redemption that will take you in its grip from the first page and leave you breathless by the last. Because sometimes the real monsters are the ones you can’t escape, no matter how far you run.

Praise for the Work of Donna Ball:

“A maelstrom of suspense… gripping, intense”
--Rendezvous

“[Ball] knows how to keep a story moving”
--Kirkus Reviews

“A Major talent of the genre”
--Publisher’s Weekly

“A must read”
--Examiner.com


Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 503 KB
  • Print Length: 238 pages
  • Publisher: Blue Merle Publishing (1 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004UVQR4I
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #111,351 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing 2 Jan 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
I downloaded this book as it was in the top 100 free books and thought it sounded an intriguing read. I was disappointed....

The whole plot is like some cheap horror film, and I struggled to read to the end. I skim read a lot of this, as by the time I was 30% through it I wanted to give up, but I ploughed on and read it all. The last chapter is the best, and only, decent part of the book, but I just don't understand the point of the book really. I didn't find it entertaining, it is slow, and the characters are not at all engaging.

The plot centres around a mother and daughter who move from the city to a remote village in the mountains close to a vast wood. The entire book centres around the myth and 'rumours' of "monsters" living in there. Are they there? What are they? (And after a couple of hundred pages I just didn't care....) Then there is a series of dead animals....then dead people....the main characters are scared of being in their new house, then suddenly the 5 year old girl has a sense of what the 'monsters' are going to do next, and she knows who/what they've killed after its been done. Then later on in the book as the girl falls into trouble she can telepathically send messages to her worried mother.....

Its all bizarre, far fetched and utterly unbelievable as a storyline.

Don't bother wasting any money on this book - I'm glad I didn't....
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
No eating, no sleeping, no breathing! 28 April 2011
By Books N Beans - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
So we start off right away with Laura who's moving from Philadelphia with her 5 yo daughter to the new housing area in Calumit, NC, that she's helping to design. She being Laura, not the 5yo daughter. Though sad to leave hehing her 2 architectural firm partners, Laura needs a fresh start after surviving a violent attack. What Laura doesn't know is that she's not the only one seeking sanctuary in the Smoky Mountains where Calumit is located. Yes, the multiple desires of sanctuary will be a recurring theme, hence the book's title.

Within the 1st few chapters Ball drops you right in the middle of the terror and she doesn't let up on the pace until you screech to a halt at the end.

In the manner of Koontz, she makes you question humanity at its worst and its best. What has more potential for evil, humans or the supernatural? Are we truly superior or even more compassionate than others species? If we're so evolved, why do we ostracize and reject that which we don't know and therefore fear? What behaviors are labeled as survival and what's just a penchance for violence, who decides this anyways? Ball eloquently points the direction, but she leave the reader to come to their own conclusions.

She does all this with a writing style that comes in through your eyeballs, grabs a hold of your brain, and just sucks you right into the story. Eating will be a chore, sleeping will be an ignorable recommendation not a requirement, and breathing will be optional as you'll keep holding it while you slam through the pages.

Want something a little "less dark"? That's okay. Donna has lots of other titles that are in completely different genres for you to choose from, and the writing is just as great!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fast-paced story 26 Jan 2012
By Matthew L. Adams - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Ms. Ball has delved into different styles throughout her writing, and her common signature is an ability to bring a setting to life from which a story can be told.

This story doesn't linger or wait for crises to unfold. It begins to explore an eerie feeling of "something not quite right" from the opening chapter, and builds from there.

It's a tight story that evokes the kind of uneasiness that civilization encroaching into an isolated wilderness can bring, where even the locals don't know all the secrets or have seen all its mysteries.

The pacing is done quite nicely, gradually accelerating as more pieces fall into place and some unexpected side-journeys quickly find their way into the main storyline. Revelations are still coming from new directions almost to the end of the book.

I saw the book as a welcome revisit to stories that don't try to tell all, but explain enough, where an ending isn't completely a wrapping-up of all that came before. In this kind of storytelling, it's an exploration for the reader to consider the themes that are unfolding, while at the same time a test for the characters - letting them find their strengths and overcome whatever shadows have fallen across their paths before this.

It's a visual piece of storytelling that draws the reader in, where many times one feels that they're watching the events more than simply reading them. That's always a nice feeling to have.
I'm still reading it and I'm terrified! 11 May 2012
By Don Wilson - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition
I read "Exposure" at the same time I was reading another book by a popular author, and ultimately I had to put down the popular author to finish "Exposure." That said, I'm about halfway through "Sanctuary" and the terror just doesn't let up! Will follow up with this review when I finish it. Great writing!
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