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Camp Damascus

by Chuck Tingle
Mara Wilson
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"Wilson narrates with emotional depth, conveying all of Rose's intelligence, inquisitiveness, and fear as she's hunted by otherworldly beings." - AudioFile

"A joyful, furious romp through dark places, Tingle proves he's as good at fear as he is at love." ―T. Kingfisher, bestselling author of What Moves the Dead
From beloved internet icon Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus is a searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community face in America, the price of keeping secrets, and finding the courage to burn it all down.
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.
Nestled high up in the mountains is Camp Damascus, the self-proclaimed "most effective" gay conversion camp in the country. Here, a life free from sin awaits. But the secret behind that success is anything but holy.
And they'll scare you straight to hell.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.

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  • Release date

    July 18, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781250900920
      • File size: 273574 KB
      • Duration: 09:29:56

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 29, 2023
      Erotica author Tingle (Space Raptor Butt Invasion) makes his full-length, traditionally published debut with an eerie but empowering queer horror story. Neverton, Mont., is home to the Kingdom of the Pines, a Christian sect whose claim to fame is their conversion therapy program, Camp Damascus. At the novel’s start, autistic narrator Rose Darling is a god-fearing 20-year-old high school senior (“Kingdom kids” take two years off school to study the Bible) who has fully bought into the sect’s ideology and is proud of Camp Damascus’s “100 percent success rate.” Then she vomits up bugs at family dinner and begins seeing demonic apparitions whenever she experiences desire toward women—especially her friend Martina, who winds up murdered by one of these demons. It becomes apparent that Rose’s parents and her so-called therapist are gaslighting her, a creeping sensation compounded by flashes of memory of a relationship with a woman. The first act is an exercise in slowly mounting dread; then, once the pieces of Rose’s past fall into place, she sets out on a righteous revenge mission. It’s a fresh take on the exorcism trope, made richer by biblical allusions and subtle engagement with Peter Pan. With plenty of crossover YA appeal, this chilling page-turner should win Tingle a slew of new fans. Agent: Dongwon Song, Howard Morhaim Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Mara Wilson expertly narrates a queer horror novel about an evangelical religious community in Montana and the gay conversion therapy camp at its heart. Rose Darling is 20, and while she never went to Camp Damascus, she knows people who have--though they don't talk about it. The novel takes a sharp turn into the surreal in the first chapter when Rose vomits up mayflies at the dinner table and her parents pass it off as a fluke. Wilson narrates with emotional depth, conveying all of Rose's intelligence, inquisitiveness, and fear as she's hunted by otherworldly beings. Rose, who is autistic and, she comes to realize, queer, fights to discover the truth about the rot at the center of all she's been taught--and fights for her future. E.E.C. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      October 1, 2023

      The evangelical Christian town of Neverton, MT, is home to Camp Damascus, reputed to be one of the most successful LGBTQIA+ conversion centers in the country. Twenty-year-old Rose, a neurodivergent high school senior, is entirely on board with the religious beliefs of her community and has never questioned the town's happy facade. Then awful events start happening to her--she vomits flies during dinner, and she's haunted by hideous creatures whenever she thinks longingly of other women, particularly her friend Martina. Rose discovers that those closest to her are keeping sinister secrets, and soon she begins to question everything she knows about the community, herself, and God. Two-time Hugo finalist Tingle (Straight) offers a spectacular new novel that departs from his trademark queer erotic fiction. Narrator Mara Wilson perfectly captures Rose, a hopeful young woman about to graduate high school who bravely confronts long-held beliefs and assumptions. Wilson's portrayal of Rose as she comes to understand the horrors surrounding her is sensitive and full of heart. VERDICT Tingle's foray into a new genre pays off. Share with horror fans looking for complex, multilayered characters and unexpected storylines or anyone seeking piercing commentary on faith, conversion therapy, and religious trauma.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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