My First Haunting

All the characters in haunted want to escape, though none of them seem to know exactly why. these hermits escape to a secret writers retreat, alone and only able to bring one suitcase for three months. these people, these writers, seem so eager to alienate themselves from the world, to trap themselves alone with other strangers, under the control of a man they know nothing about. these people seem almost too keen to run away.


"The rest of the disaster wasn't our fault. We had no reason, none whatsoever, to bring a chainsaw. Or a sledgehammer or a stick of dynamite. Or a gun. No, on this dessert island , we'd be completely, completely safe."

This passage is a good example of foreshadowing. it makes me believe that they are not going to be as safe as they seem to think thought they would be. what I'm wondering is why are they not safe? Were they ever actually told that they were going to a dessert island? What were they told? Anything?