It’s 1981, and two Mormon missionaries randomly assigned to work together as ‘companions’ in Napoli find themselves in trouble. They’re falling in love, but the Church forbids gay relationships. As missionaries, they can’t date anyone at all, much less other men. If they’re found out, they’ll be excommunicated, sent home in disgrace, and cast out from their families.
In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, against a backdrop of poverty and repressive mission culture, Elders Grant and Mortensen knock on doors, endure violent assaults, and face the ultimate challenge-will they be crushed by dedication to their beliefs or will love provide a way for them to escape?
About the author
A climate crisis immigrant who relocated from New Orleans to Seattle in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Johnny Townsend wrote the first account of the Up Stairs Lounge fire, an attack on a French Quarter gay bar which killed 32 people in 1973. He was an associate producer for the documentary Upstairs Inferno, for the sci-fi film Time Helmet, and for the deaf gay short Flirting, with Possibilities. His books include Please Evacuate, Racism by Proxy, and Wake Up and Smell the Missionaries. His novel, Orgy at the STD Clinic, set entirely on public transit, details political extremism, climate upheaval, and anti-maskers in the midst of a pandemic.
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