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    Isolation
    Isolation
    Isolation
    Audiobook9 hours

    Isolation

    Written by Travis Thrasher

    Narrated by Jack Garrett

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    CBA best-selling author Travis Thrasher delivers powerful truths in this chilling tale reminiscent of a Stephen King or Frank Peretti novel. After tragedy in Papua New Guinea, a missionary couple returns to America and begins drifting apart from each other and from God. When their family moves into a Smoky Mountains retreat, they can't imagine the terror that awaits. "[For] all who enjoy well-crafted suspenseful stories."-Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 13, 2009
    ISBN9781440709104
    Isolation
    Author

    Travis Thrasher

    Best-selling author Travis Thrasher has written more than fifty books and worked in the publishing industry for more than twenty years. He has penned fiction in a variety of genres, and his inspirational stories include collaborations with filmmakers, musicians, athletes, and pastors. Travis lives with his wife and three daughters in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  

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    • 4/5
      A missionary family looks forward to a vacation in a magnificent lodge high in the North Carolina mountains. Life as a missionary is difficult under the best circumstances, but for the Millers it has begun to split their family apart. Haunted by the circumstances under which they left Papua New Guinea, things don't get much better when they arrive home, especially for wife and mom, Stephanie.

      Nightmares have begun to haunt her sleep. Dreams become confused with memory, which meld with reality and she begins to doubt her sanity. Her husband James, fears for her as well and the rest of his family. The isolated surroundings are just what they need to re-connect with each other. Stephanie looks forward to seeing her brother, Paul and his help with some of her frightening memories.

      But the lodge holds its own dark secrets and instead of a restful retreat, the Millers find themselves in the middle of a nightmare from which they can't escape.

      Isolation is a fast-paced read with a plot line that twists and turns throughout the book.
    • 5/5
      It was a chilling story of a families' terror in a giant maze of a house in the high mountains of North Carolina. [isolation] was a good title for this book as well as a spot on description of what was happening to to the family. Something isn't right in the big lodge house that was supposed to give them a fresh start. We know that they are not alone... and they know they are not alone...but they are unprepared for the terrible thing that is residing as yet unseen within the rooms with them. A blizzard has imprisoned them inside with IT and what it wants is unimaginable. It was listed as "Christian fiction"...which I didn't realize at the time...but the author was in no way "preachy"...just told a very good story.
    • 3/5
      Okay. So I'm not one to believe in God. Normally any book relating to God or his "mysterious and awe-inspiring ways" would strike out based on the premise alone. However, to me this book is slightly different. Yes it is Christian fiction and yes you can tell. The ending especially drove that home and is probably where the book lost points with me. As an ex-Catholic having experienced the process myself I think it offers a fairly accurate depiction of the emotional side to a crisis of faith. As far as the rest goes (the possession,demons,etc) it did go a little far and was a little out there. It did make for a little more interesting story-telling though. The murderer was a bit predictable but with all the other books and movies out there it's hard to surprise anyone anymore. The writing was simple and the story easy to follow. I liked Stephanie's visions/dreams/hallucinations, particularly the flesh chunks hitting her car. That was the first scene from a book in a long time to shock me. But I also enjoyed The Hellbound Heart so what do I know? Isolation is a nice quick read with a spooky vibe.
    • 4/5
      4 stars, I liked this more than I thought I would.
    • 4/5
      Jim and Stephanie Miller are missionaries who have just returned with their children from a few years in Papau, New Guinea. They saw unimaginable horrors while they were there and have returned worn out and full of doubt. Stephanie is suffering from nightmares and sleepwalking and has woken up to find herself in some scary positions. Jim is busy with a writing project and is too distracted to pay his family much attention.When they’re offered a chance to get away for a few months in a mansion isolated in the mountains of North Carolina, Jim thinks it’s just what they need to clear their minds and bring their family closer together. They head off to North Carolina, against the advice of Jim’s parents.When they get to the mansion, they find they are sharing it with another missionary couple, but the house is so huge, it doesn’t really matter. From the beginning, both Jim and Stephanie feel uneasy in the mansion and they both feel the presence of evil, but they never express it to each other. They’re both determined to stick things out for the sake of the other.Things seem to be going okay until Stephanie’s brother visits and they have a huge snowstorm that knocks out power and isolates them from the nearest community. I don’t want to give away any more of the story, but that’s when things really begin to get creepy.Isolation by Travis Thrasher is not the type of book I usually read, but I enjoyed it anyway. I’m not a big fan of horror, because it keeps me awake at night, and while I found this book to be very creepy, it didn’t have that affect on me. It’s published by Faith Words, but I didn’t find the book to be preachy at all – as a matter of fact, the characters doubted their faith throughout most of the book. There is no sex or foul language in this book but there is violence.I was hooked on this book right from the start. The story line kept me interested throughout and there were a couple twists that I wasn’t expecting. I even suspected the wrong person at one time. One of the things that I enjoyed about this book is that you read some of the characters’ thoughts in first person even though it’s narrated in the third person. I was so engrossed in the book, I would find myself urging characters to “get out of there” or “go back”. They usually didn’t listen to me, though.
    • 5/5
      When I read the back cover copy for this book I knew it interested me. A family comes home from Papua New Guinea where something has happened. Since they have returned strange things have been going on with the wife, Stephanie. The missionary husband, Jim, has been really busy since returning and has kind of lost touch with Stephanie. Then the offer comes in to stay in a wonderful home in a secluded area of the Smoky Mountains of NC (my home state). Jim thinks this is the best thing that could happen. At this retreat he can reconnect with his wife and family and get to work on his projects too. Stephanie is not so sure this is what she wants, but as a dutiful wife she goes along with it.All seems fine when they see the majestic home. They are in awe of the number of rooms. The couple currently living there is a nice older couple who are a big help with the kids and comforting to both Jim and Stephanie too. Then things become unsettling. Strange things start happening. Because the lines of communication between Jim and Stephanie are already broken down, neither realizes what the other is going through and then it all goes crazy.This was a serious suspense book, I could hardly put it down. I would say it's got a feel of The Shining but it is so much more than that. I think The Shining feel comes from the large secluded house idea, but this isn't an old idea used over again. Mr. Thrasher takes the large secluded house idea and makes it new. I also liken it to the works of Frank Peretti, another Christian author because Mr. Thrasher can make the demonic seem more real to me. I realize it is there, but this doesn't seem all that over exaggerated like horror books. It seems real, the fear is real, the situations real and the outcome interesting. Again Mr. Thrasher stands on his own and I will definitly read more of his books in the future.If you start reading this make sure you lock your doors and leave plenty of time to read. Better yet, make sure you read it in the daylight. It's a haunting, suspenseful read that you will remember for some time to come.
    • 3/5
      James and Stephanie Miller need a break--after confronting evil on the mission field in Papua New Guinea they are hoping their move to a lush retreat house in North Carolina will be just what they need. But a lingering feeling of doubt in God's protection--and nightmares--keep them on edge despite the peacefulness of their new surroundings. In fact the vastness and isolation of their new abode seem to become creepier and creepier as they find out more about it--and about the evil that may have followed them even here. For a Christian novel, this book has a lot of death and elements of horror--so if that isn't the kind of Christian fiction that you like then it isn't for you. It reminds me a lot of the movie the Shining because of the plot, though the subtext of overcoming evil through God's power is of course different. Still I was slightly disturbed by all the good people that went to their heavenly reward--though good ultimately triumphs the price seems awfully high. Thrasher may have made the evil forces and God a bit too equal in my opinion. So I would recommend it for fans of horror or Christian fiction that makes you think, but not for people that may be disturbed by the darker elements.
    • 5/5
      I think I would categorize Isolation as one part Christian fiction, one part suspense/thriller, and one part horror. The story centers around a missionary family on furlough in the remote North Carolina wilderness. Jim Miller and his wife Stephanie have come to this lodge in North Carolina to find some peace, after suffering a serious crisis of faith during their last mission in Papua New Guinea. They each have begun to have serious doubts about their beliefs, and this leaves them open to spiritual attack. I don't want to give anything away here, so I'll just leave the synopsis at that.Now, I am not a fan of Christian fiction. This is the first book I've ever read that I would consider to be within that genre. When I signed up for the giveaway, if I had know that it was a book of Christian fiction, I probably would not have put my name in for it. That being said, I could not put this book down! It is easily the scariest piece of literature that I have read in a long time. In fact, I would have finished it in one day, had I had the courage to stay up by myself. But alas, hubby was ready for bed when I had just 60 pages to go, and I was already getting really jumpy, so I took the coward's way out and finished the book by the light of the next day.Travis Thrasher writes with every drop of suspense that you get in a Richard Laymon novel, but without the in-your-face gore and depravity. Don't get me wrong, terrible ritualistic acts were alluded to, and murder was committed, again and again, but the details of the carnage were left largely "off screen" in Isolation. It was every bit as terrifying as any horror novel I've ever read, but didn't manage to make me queasy while reading.Isolation is a strong character-driven novel, complete with multi-dimensional personalities, full of humanity. Despite the fact that it really wasn't what I thought it would be, it turned out to be everything I look for in a good book: frightening, suspenseful, mysterious, and a real page-turner, right up to the last word.
    • 3/5
      Christian suspense thriller that really drags for the first 3/4 of the book, then has a surprisinly strong finish. Plot devices extremely derivative (setting is ripped right out of "The Shining"), and Thrasher's writing can be very tedious. If it weren't for the "come from behind finish" I really wouldn't recommned this at all.
    • 3/5
      A little warning - this book deals with devil possession and sexual situations. When I read the book was about a missionary family I was really excited to get a chance to read it but it was not quite what I expected. I really enjoy thrillers but did not care too much for this book and I'm not sure why. Something just did not click with me and this book. The writing was good and I liked the characters, especially the son, who never loses his faith in God even though his parents have.