Asylum

The Afterlife Investigations, Book 1

By: Ambrose Ibsen

Narrated by: Joe Hempel

Winner of the 2018 Audiobook Reviewer Award for best horror!

What lurks within Chaythe Asylum?

College professor Stephen Barlow needs cash. Badly. When a student asks him to head a new campus organization that centers around paranormal research, he puts his skepticism aside, and signs on in the hopes of scoring a fat bonus.

Enter Chaythe Asylum - a long-shuttered and controversial institution where patients were allegedly subjected to unethical experiments. Stephen deems the old building, closed in 1989 after a series of grisly murders, as good a place as any to explore the possibility of the supernatural, and arranges to take a tour with his students.

But it turns out that the asylum is not as abandoned as it seems. There is something sinister in the building. It has watched and waited for nearly three decades, and when Stephen and his students enter, they find themselves at the center of a nightmare 28 years in the making.

Asylum is the first novel in the Afterlife Investigations Trilogy.

The Afterlife Investigations:

• Asylum
• Forest
• The Occupant

©2017 Ambrose Ibsen (P)2017 Ambrose Ibsen

Another great Ibsen/Hempel story

What made the experience of listening to Asylum the most enjoyable?

Joe Hempel. He really does a fantastic job narrating all of his stories. He definitely adds to the tension of the plot and truly perfected his craft.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Elizabeth, she was the only character who actually has a mission. Stephen is only doing this for money as he is broke and Jake is only doing it because I assume he loves his girlfriend. Why the story centers around Stephen, he was my least favorite character. I don't mean that as a bad thing, I just personally didn't like him and wouldn't want to be his friend.

Have you listened to any of Joe Hempel’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Absolutely and as always he does not disappoint.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No extreme reactions but it definitely made me want to listen to the next story. I am happy to see that there is going to be more to the story than just a simple haunted asylum.

Any additional comments?

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Not really an ending, be prepared to buy the next

Any additional comments?

Pretty standard haunted asylum fair. The ending is very abrupt. I will probably end up getting the next in the series to see how the story ends. Man, I hate that.

hmmm thought it would be better

I really expected this one to have more scare Factor. maybe the next books will.

Kept me intrested

Although the story kept me intrested, it took forever to even get to the asylum.This book is only 6 hours long and 3 hours into it they still weren't in the asylum. The main female character is unbearably annoying. The main character is an adjunct professor who is broke from only teaching one class. however, he is always eating out, drinking, grabbing Starbucks or smoking. I really find it hard to feel his struggle. Not sure if I'm going to Continue the series.

loved it

the narration was great, story leaves you wanting more! can't wait for the next book!