Galloways Gospel, Sam Rebelein
Galloways Gospel, Sam Rebelein
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Galloway's Gospel
A Novel

Author: Sam Rebelein

Narrator: Charlie Thurston, Helen Laser, Eva Kaminsky

Unabridged: 13 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: William Morrow

Published: 09/16/2025

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

“Alternately whimsical and horrifying, Rebelein’s newest is a bizarre gem. I don’t want to join any cult he dreams up, but I will be first in line to read about them.” —KIERSTEN WHITE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of HideIn this shockingly fun wild ride of horrors, Sam Rebelein takes readers back to Renfield County and tells the story of two Rachels—one who mistakenly starts a cult at her local high school and one who tries to dismantle it ten years later. 2009: Rachel Galloway is bored in class. She spends the dreary fall days sketching in her notebook—adorable pigs munching on her boring teachers—and imagining a utopia where all the horrors of Burnskidde High School disappear. But when her classmates start to believe this utopia could be real, Galloway finds herself at the center of an elaborate, and quickly spreading, new religion. Before long, the town is split between believers and nonbelievers. As tensions rise and the rituals become more dangerous, Galloway can’t be sure what’s real and what’s not, or who she can trust.BURNSKIDDE: CULTWATCH2019: This is the cryptic message that Renfield County Guard Rachel Durwood receives from her colleague Mark, mere days after he’s disappeared. Mark’s note leads Durwood to the town of Burnskidde, famously sealed off from the rest of the county ten years ago. Now, she discovers a small, insulated community preparing for the rapture and, seemingly, their collective demise. In order to save Burnskidde from itself, she must piece together the fallout from 2009 and avoid being swept up into the monstrous cult herself.As Rachel Galloway watches her life spiral out of control, Rachel Durwood navigates a world where history, horror, and faith collide. Despite being separated by a decade, Galloway and Durwood may be closer to each other than they realize. But even together, will they be able to stop Burnskidde’s impending doom?"The novel never forgets to have fun but always keeps its finger on the pulse of the characters’ hearts. A wild, bristling ride that would make Lovecraft blush." —MICHAEL WEHUNT, author of The October Film Haunt and Greener PasturesSupplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Sam Rebelein

Sam Rebelein is the Bram Stoker Award–nominated author of Edenville and the short story collection The Poorly Made and Other Things. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, with a focus on Memoir and Short Fiction. His work has appeared in PseudoPod, Bourbon Penn, Gamut, The Deadlands, Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year, and elsewhere. Edenville also received a Wonderland Book Award for Best Novel. Sam lives, writes, and teaches in Poughkeepsie, NY.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kirky on July 31, 2025

Thank you to NetGalley for the e-ARC. I had a hard time getting into the first half of this book, it's a bit confusing and the pacing is slow. It's told in two different time frames, my issue with that being 2009 was far more interesting than 2019. Wasn't bad but I didn't love it.......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on June 16, 2025

I received a free copy of, Galloway's Gospel, by Sam Rebelein, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book was confusing and a bit pointless to me. It was not scary at all. I did not care for the language in this book at all. This book is not for me.......more

Goodreads review by Wren on June 22, 2025

Thank you NetGalley for the e-ARC to review. If I didn’t know any better I would say that Sam Rebelein and I would be able to hang out and talk about nearly anything for days and never get bored. The level of nostalgia that this book gave me was easily some of the best I’ve come across in any novel......more

Goodreads review by Becky on August 04, 2025

Review in the August 2025 issue of Booklist and on the blog: [URL not allowed] Three Words That Describe This Book: cults, connected world, X Files vibes Like Edenville-- this is bonkers in all the right ways. Unrelenting dread because we know what is coming. Also, imaginative m......more

Goodreads review by unstable.books on August 10, 2025

Nothing is right in Renfield County. And in Galloway's Gospel, it is no different. In this trip back to the cursed land, we follow the tale of two Rachel's. One who inadvertently starts a whole ass cult in 2009 and one who is trying to dismantle it, 10 years later. Rachel Galloway is bored in class......more