Lost Sanity

Geoff Cragg is a tenured instructor in the Faculty of General Studies at
the University of Calgary in Alberta.

This psychological thriller attempts to investigate the link between
mental illness and demonic possession. The story begins with an intense
police search for a serial rapist whose victims are severely disturbed
and unable to identify or describe their attacker. Nevertheless, they
find and apprehend the rapist, a schizophrenic named Edward Carter, and
assign him to a high-security psychiatric facility, where in short order
the staff begin to experience insanity themselves. Carter escapes from
the facility, then abducts a teenage girl, and takes her to a deserted
house. In the climax, the police storm the house to rescue the girl,
only to discover that both she and Carter are dead. The police can give
no coherent account of what happened in the house.

While Lost Sanity possesses a full and fast-moving plot, it
(ironically) lacks the psychological depth necessary for the plot to
fully succeed. The story could be the basis for a sensational movie, but
without stronger characterization

and an attempt to convey the experience of possession, the novel,
unfortunately, falls flat.