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    The Sentinel

    Written by Jeffrey Konvitz

    Narrated by Mary Murphy

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    Aspiring model Allison Parker finally moves into her dream apartment: a brownstone on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. But her perfect home quickly turns hellish. The building is filled with a cast of sinister tenants, including a reclusive blind priest, who seems to watch her day and night through an upstairs window.

    Eventually, Allison starts hearing strange noises from the empty apartment above hers. Before long, she uncovers the building’s demonic secret and is plunged into a nightmare of sinful misdeeds and boundless evil.

    In the tradition of Rosemary’s Baby, this gripping novel was adapted into a feature film starring Ava Gardner, Cristina Raines, and Chris Sarandon. 

    The Sentinel is classic horror at its best.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781520035499
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    Jeffrey Konvitz

    Born in New York City, Jeffrey Konvitz is an entertainment lawyer, film producer, and novelist. A graduate of Cornell University and Columbia Law School, Konvitz has both written a New York Times bestseller (The Sentinel) and produced a film whose worldwide box office gross exceeded $100 million (Spy Hard).   His first novel, The Sentinel (1974), was second on the New York Times Mass-Market Best Seller list and is considered to be a horror classic. After writing and producing the film adaptation of The Sentinel for Universal Pictures in 1977, Konvitz published two more bestselling novels: The Guardian (1979), the sequel to The Sentinel; and Monster (1982).   Konvitz has served as executive producer and financing counsel for three major motion pictures: O Jerusalem, I Could Never Be Your Woman, and The Flock. He is currently working on a historical novel, The Circus of Satan, about the late-nineteenth-century destruction of the national Irish Mob and the subsequent rise of Italians and Jews in nationwide politics and crime in the early twentieth century.   Konvitz is also preparing the third book in the Sentinel Trilogy, which continues the saga from where The Guardian left off.   He currently resides in Los Angeles.

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    • 4/5
      I've always had a penchant for horror based on Catholicism, so when I picked up "The Apocalypse" at a BookCrossing meeting, I decided to get hold of a copy of "The Sentinel" as well and read them both. I did think I'd only read one of these books before, but I must have read both of them, since I remembered the weird neighbours from the first book, but all mixed up with the plot of the sequel. When a fashion model named Allison Parker moves into an apartment in a New York brownstone, she doesn't realise that she has been selected by the Catholic church as the next sentinel guarding the gates of Hell, nor that Satan, masquerading as Alison's eccentric elderly neighbour Charles Chazen, will do anything to prevent her from taking up that role.
    • 3/5
      This book has the condescending air so common to books of its era and those not used to such books may find the style off-putting. It is worth persisting if you can, however, as this is quite a thrilling story with a rather interesting conclusion. I would recommend it to fans of the spiritual thriller.
    • 2/5
      I was very disappointed in this book. After reading good reviews and having this suggested to me on several blogs, I was left underwhelmed. The build up of suspense and the atmosphere started off strong, but seemed to take a cliff dive as I progressed toward the end, when I was hoping to make some mindbending revelation. Would not recommend
    • 4/5
      This was an interesting book. Horror written back in the early 70s has the feel of the time. Typical religious type horror that revolves around demons and the Catholic church. The back cover compares this to The Exorcist and Rosemary's Baby and it does have that sort of feel. I really enjoy novels from that era and this one doesn't disappoint. I can not tell too much as it would give away too much plot and this one is to be savored. The story itself is really just so-so, but the delivery of the story by Konvitz is what makes this one superb. Atmosphere and characters are key here and he pulls it off quite well. Short novel, but so much story. There is a sequel to this novel which I've heard isn't quite as good as this one, but it's on it's way to me and I look forward to digging into it.
    • 4/5
      Sentinel: A Spycatcher Novel by Matthew Dunn is the second novel in the Spycatcher series. Sentinel is a very fun cat vs. mouse (or more accurately cat vs. cat) thriller involving spies in the former Soviet Union. This book has the feel of a classic James Bond novel with an incredibly talented and resourceful hero battling a nearly unstoppable opponent. There's plenty of action to keep the reader interested. Recommended for those who enjoy a good, straight-forward spy novel.
    • 4/5
      This is a classic horror that I missed out on the first time around because I never knew it was a book. I remember seeing the movie when I was a kid or bits of it anyway but I didn't realize it was adapted from a book.

      A model with a dark past moves into a great apartment with affordable rent. All is well until she meets her neighbors!

      Some of the language is a bit dated but the story itself stands up to the test of time.

      I would rate it 4 of 5 stars.

      I received a complimentary copy for review.
    • 4/5
      gripping spy vs spy novel
    • 2/5
      William Cochrane is a super spy for M16. Sentinel is the code name of one of his colleague’s stations in Eastern Europe. When Sentinel’s tier 1 agents within the Russian military begin to be murdered, Will is sent to help Sentinel save his move valuable assets and hunt down Razin, a former double-agent who is responsible for the murders. He must use his highly trained skills to track down Razin and stop him before a new war erupts between Russia and America.Matthew Dunn brings first-hand spy knowledge to this fast-paced spy thriller. The story line is intriguing and Dunn writes the fight scenes with an accuracy that allows the reader to visualize the scenes as if they were being played on a movie screen. Unfortunately, as someone who has little knowledge of weapons, much of the detail was lost on me and even slowed down my reading pace as I felt overwhelmed with information that didn’t seem necessary. I haven’t read much in this genre of literature and this novel makes me hesitant to read more as the world of Will Cochrane seems so foreign and difficult to understand to the lay reader.
    • 5/5
      From the suspenseful opening pages to the action packed ending, this is a nonstop winner. Will Cochrane is the agent in the joint CIA-MI6 cosponsored Spartan program. That's right, The Agent. Only one man can be the best and that man is Will Cochrane. The best is what we need, because someone has betrayed the CIA and is about to push the US and Russia into war. Will is going to have to try and contact the British secret agent, coded named Sentinel, who has been buried deep undercover in Russia for years. Only with the help of Sentinel's counter spies and contacts, can Will have a chance of uncovering the threat and averting a nuclear war. You won't find a suspenseful thriller with a more action packed, wonderfully convoluted plot than this all summer. Will Cochrane's first assignment was in Spycatcher. The book was provided for review by Amazon Vine and the well read folks at William Morrow.
    • 4/5
      Yes, there is a surprise ending which I never expected. I must admit I had trouble getting "into" this book. It probably had to do with being so busy that I read only a few minutes at a time. Once I was free of commitment, I began to like the book and ended up enjoying it. Reading spy thrillers is my forte; hence, my surprise at having trouble getting into it. Will Cochrane is quite a spy and I enjoyed his abilities. He seems to be well-trained in his various skills, yet he does have some warmness, though not much. He is such a harsh and evil-seeming man whose harsh methods could only be honed to efficiency by his hard work and his loyalty to his country. I think anyone who enjoys spy thrillers will enjoy this book. Thanks for the opportunity to read it.