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Teri Schnaubelt
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Mark Lukens
About this listen
Seven hundred years ago the Anasazi people built massive cities in what is now the Southwestern United States... and then they vanished.
Stella, an archaeologist specializing in Anasazi culture, and David, a mysterious Navajo boy, are on the run from something terrifying. As they flee up into the snowy mountains of Colorado, they are carjacked by criminals. Caught in a blizzard, they must take refuge in what they believe is an abandoned cabin. It's at this cabin that they will face horrors beyond their imagination.
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- Todd (Toad) Vogel
- 08-06-15
Definitely worth listening to!
This was a great horror book! I usually don't listen to horror but I couldn't turn this off! Great story and great narrator!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- jared millican
- 08-07-15
good listen
What made the experience of listening to Ancient Enemy the most enjoyable?
this was a gift to me and a great listen well written and i would recommend this as a light thriller and horror.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
it was a little slow but it was suspenseful.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Walter W. Chu
- 08-15-19
Nothing New Here
Almost everything about this story has been done before in one form or another. Thought it was funny that the story seemingly started in the middle. But most of this stuff I have seen before in other stories without much change to the concept.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Mike
- 08-27-18
Love this stuff!!!
I really enjoy movies like The Thing, Phantoms, The Blob...and any sort of unexplained monsters attacking people in an ISOLATED location! Many people seem to love the “isolation horror” I am one of them.
Another thing I love is monsters, be it demons, man made, or just some strange thing nature created.
I then love when you take the above, and then have a small group, rather than a large one, as it keeps everything in one location which ...yep...I love!
This book is all of those things! The closest thing movie wise I can relate this to is PHANTOMS, & SPLINTER.
So how is the story, & the narration? The story is actually veryyyy simple, no huge mind bending twists...but it WORKS! In the way simple movies like PREDATOR/THE THING/ THE BLOB are all simple stories...but work great!
I’d say it’s more so sci-if action, with dashes of horror, and drama.
The narration...I’ll be honest, Terri had to grow on me a bit, but after about 15 minutes she is amazing! She has a soft, soothing voice...yet she plays the macho alpha males very well! If a bit of a funny voice while playing some of the men...but NEVER in a cringe way, she’s VERY talented!! She also able to give each man his own unique sound...she’s good :)
Overall, this is not a literary masterpiece...but as a FUN, creepy, horror novel? It’s GREAT!! Reminds me a bit of a younger Stephen King mixed with Nick Cutter. As long as you enjoy monsters...? YOU WILL LOVE IT :) currently listening to book 2!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Roni
- 02-20-18
This book is NOT about an archeological dig site
I was disappointed that the plot summary of this book was so misleading. The book is NOT about an archeological dig site. If you listen to the sample, that is exactly where the book starts. It then goes on to 5 bank robbers who hijack the truck of the protagonist and then end up in a cabin together. Of course, with the monster thingy finding them. It wasn't a bad book, just not what it portrayed itself as being. Also, the author really did not give much history of the dig site or whether the archeologists set free the monster thing. I was left scratching my head wondering about unresolved issues. The ending certainly seemed to set up a forthcoming sequel.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-11-24
Native American myth
liked the story but need deferent people reading so that story gets interesting overall the story needs more creative.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Bshawfoolery
- 10-17-15
Cabin in the woods : the tv movie
......mind numbing.As far as a story id enjoy reading it and it even seems open to a sequel -just didn't enjoy the linger of the story's location.The cabin was a stale description, a plain stage for the characters to fend off the entity. (which was barely delved into as far as its backstory)
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- GR
- 03-08-18
Interesting
This book had a good storyline but the telling was repetitive. I enjoyed how the author stopped and started each chapter. The mystery was drawn out too long and the story started to get boring after they were in the cabin for a bit.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Marcusleonidas
- 09-04-22
Not Perfect, but entertaining and intriguing.
Teri Schnaubelt read the story FABULOUSLY, adding to the chill factor in several parts.
The overall plot is intriguing and scary, however the writing itself fell short. Certain words -specifically a portion where the word “key(s)” in one instance- were used too frequently/close together within the same paragraph. More variations of the writing style would make the story even stronger.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Melissa
- 09-24-15
The cover is the best part of this book
This book sounded like it would be interesting and suspenseful. The words "archaeologist," "Anasazi" and "mysterious Navajo boy" pulled me in. Instead, it was about a bunch of morons in a cabin being ordered by an unknown entity to give it certain things or face a horrible end. (Hmmmm...perhaps inspired by Robert McCammon's short story "He'll Come Knocking at Your Door," just replace the who, what, when and where?) The dialogue here was perfunctory and predictable. Words are recycled countless times. Characters perform the same ministerial acts throughout the entire story. It goes something like this: Cole yells at Jose. Jose reaches for his gun. F-words are exchanged. A character named Needles worries on his crucifix. More F-words ensue. Stella makes coffee. David holds Stella's hand. Something interesting happens. Lather, rinse, repeat. There was precious little about the history of the Anasazi and next to nada involving archaeology. There was a reference to "meat" that left me gagging and rolling my eyes at the same time. Sigh.....I'll be generous and give this book two stars.
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