Andy Bosnak

Under the tutelage of an eccentric hippie restaurateur and her messianic self-help guru, a young man sets out to master the occult magic of Enceladism in an effort to destroy the cancer that's killing his boyfriend.

Book smart, but a social pariah, Oren is mourning his boyfriend, Tomaj, who died from kidney failure 6 months ago. Oren keeps to himself when Benji arrives to fill Tomaj's empty bunk. When Oren sees what foster mother Ma Dallin has been up to, he must decide what to do next.