No Sanctuary

I don't understand the negative reviews, are we all reading the same book here? Yes Laymon has gore, sex and shocking twist and turns and if his books bore people then my, I don't know what to say. They might not be your cup of tea, yes that's one thing, but I see these reviews coming from people who are all ready familiar with his work and continue to punish themselves somehow. So anyhow, ramblings aside... This was my first Laymon book I purchased and first book of his I read, and I was not disappointed. I managed to collect about 20 or so of his books, but I read them sparingly, stuff this good and crazy doesn't come often, and the man is no longer with us, so you can see if I'm saving him for special reads, then it musn't be so bad! I like stories that take the main characters ( and its nice to have more than one good character, versus a solitary main person) and secludes them somehow from civilization and help and throws them in the middle of a quiet remote place. This book has two stories of a couple, Bert and Rick who go camping, never a good thing for any character in a Laymon book, he loves to kill em off and of Gillian who breaks to peoples homes when they are on vacation. Yes somehow these two remote stories come together as the couple and Gill get involved with some unstable and dangerous people who take pleasure in their pain. Without any spoilers there wasn't one boring moment, and I read this into the wee hours of the night, maybe this stuff has glue on pages, because I couldn't put it down. Haha, go get a cheap used copy, and have a blast!

Deep woods and house breaking are elements familiar to Laymon fans. In this book Laymon manages to combine the two in an interesting way.The book opens with two separate stories that eventually twist together into an unpredictable knot. One story involves a comfortably wealthy young woman who likes to live in other peoples houses. Without their knowledge. The other story is about a couple going camping. Sounds simple enough.But he young woman has found the house of a dangerous character and begins to be less careful about discovery. The couple contains a man who had a very bad experience in the woods when he was a boy.Paranoia, new characters popping up, suspense, possible clues and plenty of Laymon twists keep the reader turning pages to find out what happens (or doesn't happen) next.Many of Laymon's books deal with the theme of how easy someone can turn totally dark when something breaks society's control. This one is a little different. The evil characters are already evil when they walk onto the stage. Instead, we are treated to a story of people who have witnessed said evil in the past and now look for it as they know it can still be out there.But despite the change of view, this is definitely a book for Laymon fans.

"No Sanctuary" is the kind of book that makes you realize just how great Richard Laymon was. His ability to keep you turning the pages and the surprises always makes for interesting reading and this one doesn't diappoint.When Bert decides to go camping in an isolated area in the Sierra Nevadas, Richard is hesitant to go along. He has a fear of camping for good reason and afraid she would find someone else to go along, he decides to conquer his fear and join her. On the other side of town is Gillian, a seemingly normal woman with a penchant for breaking in people's homes when they are on vacation. After years of doing this, she is horrified to find out the home she is currently residing in is that of a vicious madman who takes his victims to...you guessed it...the same place Bert and Richard are camping. The suspense builds and interweaves the two stories as well as Bert and Richard's fears of three teenage boys they encounter on the trail. Also they meet up with Andrea and Bonnie which adds the typical sexual tension and temptation that comes with one guy out in the woods with three good-looking women. I won't give away any more plot details but you soon begin to wonder what is going to happen and just who is stalking Bert and Richard in the woods and just what will happen to Gillian in that house? "No Sanctuary" will hook you from beginning to end and the horrifying ending will make you wonder just how safe it is to traipse in the woods. Typical of Laymon there are also the campy elements that makes his work so entertaining and of course, it always leaves you wishing he was still hear writing his great horror novels.

I just recently stumbled upon Laymon, but find him a great read. I have been a Koontz fan forever, and have every one of his books. I so far have read Night in the lonesome October and Darkness, but No sanctuary was by far more suspenseful! I think I put it down 3 times until I turned the last page. If you think this book will be predictable, you will be wrong. About half way through I didn't put it down at all. I recommend it highly!It's the first book I read in a long time that actually had me waking up from a nightmare. Definately not for the younger reader, and those planning on taking a hike or camping trip....I know I won't be in the outdoors (with the exception of my backyard) for a long while!!

When he was forteen, Rick Wainwright had an experience on a camping trip that left him terrified of the mountains.He's about to have the damndest feeling of deja vu!Rick and his girlfriend Bert head into the woods for a camping trip, meeting up with three horny teenage boys (who they instantly dislike) and two teenage girls (whom they like). Do those boys mean them trouble? What about the local wildlife, lik the cougars? Or the shadowy figure that seems to be dogging their every move?Then there is Gillian. She is a unique housebreaker--she goes into people's homes and lives there while they're on vacation. (For those of you who read "Night in the Lonesome October", you might wonder if Laymon had a fetish for this type of thing.) However, Gillian chose the wrong house. For one thing, she is getting too involved with the mysterious next door neighbor. For another, the house's occupant seems to have a few odd hobbies...like murder...Richard Laymon manages to do what only a select few authors (say, J. N. Williamson and Rick Hautala, for example) can do: take a cheap, cliche horror story, loaded with gore and sex and violence, and turn it into a suspensful romp of terror. If anybody else had written this novel, I wouldn't have even bothered to review it. But Laymon's skill is evident here: this cheesy horror tale is elevated to a new level.If you don't buy that philisophical [stuff], try this: "No Sanctuary" is a damn good read! This one is for horror fans who are tired of fake heroes and weak endings. "No Sanctuary" delivers the horror goods!