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The Sanctuary
by Raymond Khoury
from Dutton Adult

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Very good until the end
  This fantastical thriller is a riveting thriller with some interesting curves thrown in for the first 80 percent of the novel. The last 20 percent, however, is a disappointment. Much of it seems like filler, and the ends that need to be tied up are done so in a hurried and a little too pat manner. It seems strange that he seemed to waste so many pages on unnecessary scenes and then hurried at the very end. Still, it is a cut above much of the other thriller genre.

• time bandit
  The read was entertaining. I must say that I agree with the one and two star commentaries the most. It reads like a screenplay and paces as such. The premise and arguments for extended life span were intriguing and confronting the social aspects of a world dealing with such may have been the better story to explore-jumping it into the sci-fi arena. The wolf scene in the end was jaw dropping as in "What the F'k?". Jack London would have been stunned. An escape and I'm older for having read it.

• A gripping saga.
  Raymond Khoury's THE SANCTUARY receives veteran narrator Richard Ferrone's smooth voice as it provides a powerful new political thriller set in 1750 Naples and 2003 Baghdad. Three men and a swordfight, a deep-hold secret, and a mission which crosses centuries to modern-day Baghdad politics creates a gripping saga.

• Fan of Dan Brown? Then Raymond Khoury will not disappoint.
  I bought Raymond Khoury's first book, The Last Templar, on a spur of the moment trip to the book store in an airport in Maryland before I shipped out overseas. I read the preface the a short description of the book on the back and what can I say? It captured my attention. What a read that was! I loved it! Enough about the first book, you want the review for this one right?
  Anyways, after finishing The Last Templar, I was downtown at a Virgin megastore and saw this book sitting on a shelf. I nearly... more info

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