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Asylum: The Trilogy Collection
“Welcome to Lakehurst...”
Hearing voices in her head, Annie Radford murders her young brother. Sent to Lakehurst Psychiatric Hospital, she soon meets the mysterious Nurse Winter, who decides that Annie will be the perfect subject for a series of new, experimental treatments. But who is the old man who lurks in one of the hospital's rooms, and why do ghosts seem to be gathering in the corridors?
For the first time, the complete Asylum trilogy is now available in one volume. From modern America to Nazi Germany, from prehistoric Earth to a giant radio transmitter pointed at the stars, Asylum is the story of how evil spreads throughout the world, and of how two people finds themselves thrown together in a desperate attempt to save the world.
The Trilogy Collection contains the books Asylum (2012), Meds (2015) and The Madness of Annie Radford (2019).
Hearing voices in her head, Annie Radford murders her young brother. Sent to Lakehurst Psychiatric Hospital, she soon meets the mysterious Nurse Winter, who decides that Annie will be the perfect subject for a series of new, experimental treatments. But who is the old man who lurks in one of the hospital's rooms, and why do ghosts seem to be gathering in the corridors?
For the first time, the complete Asylum trilogy is now available in one volume. From modern America to Nazi Germany, from prehistoric Earth to a giant radio transmitter pointed at the stars, Asylum is the story of how evil spreads throughout the world, and of how two people finds themselves thrown together in a desperate attempt to save the world.
The Trilogy Collection contains the books Asylum (2012), Meds (2015) and The Madness of Annie Radford (2019).
- GenresHorror
1013 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 31, 2019
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Amy Cross
667 books1,698 followersAmy Cross writes novels and short stories in a number of genres, mainly horror, paranormal and fantasy. Books include The Farm, Annie's Room, The Island, Eli's Town and Asylum.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
October 4, 2020
Questionable Science - Great Conclusion!
I read the entire trilogy. Over 1000 pages on my Kindle. Due to some really questionable science and ridiculous escapes from death by multiple characters, I thought about giving up several times. Some of the ways the characters avoided death were just nonsense, and the scene where Nurse Winter transfers an item to Nurse Perry almost made me delete the whole thing. Except for Annie, I really found no likable characters in the books. Well, I did kind of like Nurse Perry. Anyway, I soldiered on and was rewarded when the author brought the total confusion together and made sense of the plot, coming up with an ending that I thought was absolutely amazing. Great ending. Reading the last few pages, the entire confusion was a brilliant display of what was going on in Annie's mind. It was madness and the confusion I had was the confusion Annie had. Even the final one sentence epilogue made sense. There were still many things I didn't understand like the cults, how Katia was, how Dr. Langheim was and how Winter did what she did. When I write how Katia was and how Langheim was, without saying was what, that's no mistake. Also, I thought the author could have come up with a better name for the entity and explain it a bit more. All in all, it took a little work to make it through the entire trilogy, but in my opinion, it was well worth it. I told my daughter: probably one of the five best endings I have ever read.
I read the entire trilogy. Over 1000 pages on my Kindle. Due to some really questionable science and ridiculous escapes from death by multiple characters, I thought about giving up several times. Some of the ways the characters avoided death were just nonsense, and the scene where Nurse Winter transfers an item to Nurse Perry almost made me delete the whole thing. Except for Annie, I really found no likable characters in the books. Well, I did kind of like Nurse Perry. Anyway, I soldiered on and was rewarded when the author brought the total confusion together and made sense of the plot, coming up with an ending that I thought was absolutely amazing. Great ending. Reading the last few pages, the entire confusion was a brilliant display of what was going on in Annie's mind. It was madness and the confusion I had was the confusion Annie had. Even the final one sentence epilogue made sense. There were still many things I didn't understand like the cults, how Katia was, how Dr. Langheim was and how Winter did what she did. When I write how Katia was and how Langheim was, without saying was what, that's no mistake. Also, I thought the author could have come up with a better name for the entity and explain it a bit more. All in all, it took a little work to make it through the entire trilogy, but in my opinion, it was well worth it. I told my daughter: probably one of the five best endings I have ever read.
August 29, 2021
I stuck with this as reviews said that the ending was worth it. I don't agree.
There were SO many spelling errors throughout. The characters, particularly Elly, were irritating and I found myself completely disengaged a few pages in to that part of the story.
So anticlimactic for a book that I started out very intrigued by. There were far too many side stories about characters that served one purpose early on but were drawn out for pages and pages.
I feel like the main story arch was swallowed whole by the mundane. Not worth over 1000 pages of your time.
There were SO many spelling errors throughout. The characters, particularly Elly, were irritating and I found myself completely disengaged a few pages in to that part of the story.
So anticlimactic for a book that I started out very intrigued by. There were far too many side stories about characters that served one purpose early on but were drawn out for pages and pages.
I feel like the main story arch was swallowed whole by the mundane. Not worth over 1000 pages of your time.
November 11, 2019
I had read this trilogy separately a while ago but it was great to have the stories as one.
It's filled with mystery and craziness...but who is the crazy one? It's fast-paced with intriguing characters and it is creepy in the extreme.
Psychological stories are of great interest to me because I am fascinated by how the mind works and why people do what they do.
Brilliant read. Highly recommended.
It's filled with mystery and craziness...but who is the crazy one? It's fast-paced with intriguing characters and it is creepy in the extreme.
Psychological stories are of great interest to me because I am fascinated by how the mind works and why people do what they do.
Brilliant read. Highly recommended.
March 15, 2020
Interesting storyline
Would be much easier to read if the protagonists weren't simpering, whining, pathetic characters. Ugh!! Like having a 4 year old following you around all day saying "why" and "I don't want to" over and over. The premise of the book is good, but by the time I got to the 5th one, I was skimming pages just to get past Elly's constant idiocracy.
Would be much easier to read if the protagonists weren't simpering, whining, pathetic characters. Ugh!! Like having a 4 year old following you around all day saying "why" and "I don't want to" over and over. The premise of the book is good, but by the time I got to the 5th one, I was skimming pages just to get past Elly's constant idiocracy.
February 12, 2021
Good book, sometimes hard to follow, but it all came together in the end.
Good read. I enjoyed the characters, so much happens from book one to book three. I enjoyed the change in Annie’s and Nurse Winter’s relationship.
Good read. I enjoyed the characters, so much happens from book one to book three. I enjoyed the change in Annie’s and Nurse Winter’s relationship.
January 9, 2020
Repetitious
Besides all the copy editing issues, this series doesn’t seem to progress beyond the original premise. I finally gave up after starting book 2.
Besides all the copy editing issues, this series doesn’t seem to progress beyond the original premise. I finally gave up after starting book 2.
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