The Cellar

Author: Richard Laymon

Publication details: New York: Leisure Books 2006, c1980

This title is book 1 in the Beast House chronicles. There is also an audiobook for this title. This book is very gruesome, violent and disturbing.

This book is about a brutal man, who is released from prison. He, his ex-wife, along with her daughter, go on the run, and unwittingly head straight towards Beast House, a place with a history of butchery and sadistic sexual enslavement where a creature of pure evil lives, waiting to slaughter all who enter.

The main characters in this book are Donna, her ex-husband and her daughter. They face the ultimate horror. Things go horribly wrong for them.

This book is recommended for teenagers and young adults. Take time to read this engaging book. It is brutal.