Ancient Enemy

By: Mark Lukens

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

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.

©2004 Mark Lukens (P)2015 Mark Lukens

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!

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)

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.

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.

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.