Product Description

Victor Bayne honed his dubious psychic skills at one of the first psych training facilities in the country, Heliotrope Station, otherwise known as Camp Hell to the psychics who've been guests behind its razorwire fence. Vic discovered that none of the people he remembers from Camp Hell can be found online, nor is there any mention of Heliotrope Station itself. Someone's gone through a lot of trouble to bury the past. But who?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #188152 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-05
• Binding: Paperback
• 254 pages

About the Author
Jordan Castillo Price's influences include Ouija boards, Return of the Living Dead, "light as a feather, stiff as a board," and boys in eyeliner.

Customer Reviews

JCP - Literary Goddess
You know that you are reading something special when the main character has a distinctive, alluring voice starting on the very first page. This was my reaction to the first of the Psycop series, Among the Living, (available in print in "Psycop: Partners" with book 2 Criss Cross). My appreciation for the series has only grown with every installment. Victor identified as having psychic ability, seeing ghosts, is recruited to work as a police detective. He lives something of a half-life, trying to cope with his inner demons and the spirits he can't escape. Some ghosts are silly, some useful, some terrifying, but most are just sad. That is until Vic meets his lover Jacob in the first book, a fellow police officer who falls hard for the reclusive Victor. Because of his new relationship Vic is motivated to get more control of his life. Throughout the series the training facility where Victor was institutionalized and evaluated for psychic ability has been a threatening specter, prompting panic attacks at the mere thought of Camp Heliotrope. Finally, we learn about his trials at Camp Hell in the fifth, and best book in the series. Secrets are revealed, hot sex is had, hotter sex is had, the mysteries of the psychic universe deepen, and Vic's voice has never been snarkier and paradoxically more vulnerable. JCP's dialogue is flawless. Her language is spare, but lush with meaning and emotional complexity. This series should be read in order and is not to be missed!

Camp Hell, a PsyCop Novel
Camp Hell is the third in the PsyCop trilogy, following PsyCop:Partners and PsyCop:Property. All three of them were such a delightful read that I grieve that there is not a fourth. Camp Hell is the name given Heliotrope Station(one of the first Psych training facilities), by the psychics who were "guests" behind it's razorwire fence. Victor Bayne was one of those guests and has the emotional scars to prove it. I adore Victor Bayne, the frail, flaky, totally disorganized,(often panic-stricken) psychic gay cop whose ability to see and communicate with ghosts is so completely off the charts that he has to fake a certain amount of "inability" so no one will know how talented he is. There are few people he trusts because he is aware that his talent puts him in danger of being exploited by unscrupulous people. He has to stay doped up most of the time to keep the ghosts at bay, and of course one of his problems is that he likes his drugs a little too much. He is shy, unsure of himself, doesn't have much to say, and is completely unaware that his slender, somewhat androgynous looks are extremely "hot." His big gorgeous hunk of a PsyCop boyfriend Jacob Marks is totally turned on by him (as reflected in their passionate and frequent lovemaking)and devoted to him, as well as infinitely patient with Vic's peculiarities. The plots in these stories are action packed, and exciting, the stories very erotic. These books are undoubtedly the best gay erotica I have read. Please, Jordan Castillo Price, give us another one!

Excellent!
This book is well written, engaging and quite a bit of fun. We get to see Vic as we've never seen him before (especially in his interactions with people from his past), and we learn something quite special about Jacob, as well. The new villains are pretty damn creepy- they don't easily fit into the 'bad guy' trope, which just makes them all the more disturbing.

This is a series which really should be read in order if you want to get maximum enjoyment from it. Also, this novel is quite a bit longer than the previous ones- it's probably about the length of books 1 and 2 combined.