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The Retreat
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this debut work of supernatural fiction, writer Dan Frey delivers a taut story full of psychological suspense.
Under the shimmering light of a full moon, newly engaged couple Paul and Cora head home from a dinner party. But when a devastating car accident leaves Cora paralyzed from the waist down, their future together is changed in the blink of an eye. As Cora’s depression leads to a dependence on prescription pain meds, Paul turns to the works of inspirational self-help author Gabrielle Lawson. After learning of the guru’s week-long retreat focused on "energetic healing", Paul convinces a skeptical Cora to attend.
Not long after the group arrives at the retreat center, located on a supposed "vortex site" in the remote Arizona highlands, strange things begin to happen. All of the attendees except Cora fall under Gabrielle’s charismatic spell, and even Cora cannot ignore the terrifying visions she begins to experience, which test her perception of reality and force her to question their leader’s true intentions. Is Gabrielle really an altruistic healer who simply wants to help others, or is she pursuing a much more nefarious agenda? Find out as author Dan Frey and award-winning narrator Kyla Garcia take listeners on a wild ride that explores the dark side of alternative spirituality.
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About the Creator
Dan Frey is a writer of film, television, theater, and now, audio original fiction. With his screenwriting partner Ru Sommer, he has developed projects for Fox, Paramount, YouTube Premium, and the Disney+ streaming service, among others. The Retreat is his first audiobook. His next project, a novel entitled The Future, will be published in 2020. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Casey and their poodle Winston.
About the Performer
Kyla Garcia is a 10 time AudioFile Earphones Award Winner, ALA Honor recipient, and a two-time Audie nominee. Favourite storytelling moments include: originating the role of Sarah Ridge Polson in Sovereignty at Arena Stage (where she had the privilege of performing for Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Gloria Steinem!), creating the digital spoken-word series Herstory 101, and playing the title role in the pilot Blackwater. She is proud to be a brand ambassador for the Batey Girl's Sovereignty bracelet (10% of each sale benefits the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center).