Summer Never Ends

Summer Never Ends is a series and planned trilogy of horror novels by Judith Sonnet. Summer Never Ends was released in 2023, and a sequel, Summer Never Ends II: God's Mistake, was released in 2025. A third and final novel is planned for 2026.

The first novel, set in 1985, follows a massacre at a children's Bible camp. The second takes place in 2009, with a related but much larger massacre targeting a different group of Christian youth campers on a boating trip in the same general area.

Victims

Summer Never Ends

• Garrett Kellaway - Skull crushed by Jack Baylor with a sledgehammer.
• Martha Baylor - Died in childbirth in 1970, shown in flashback.
• Karen - Tortured to death by Jack and Rich Baylor in 1979, shown in flashback.
• Stewart Cormac - Crucified and disemboweled by Jack and Rich in 1978, shown in flashback.
• Ronald Pettigrew - Tortured to death by Jack and Rich in 1983. Shown in flashback,
• Mac Pawther - Throat slit by Rich with a pocketknife and head smashed by Jack with a sledgehammer.
• Jack Baylor - Shot once in the throat by Lewis Baylor with a handgun.
• Rich Baylor - Shot in the shoulder and face by Lewis, then beaten to death by Farley Spitz with a radio and Tanner Reinke with his bare hands.
• Tanner Reinke - Shot once in the head by Lewis with a hunting rifle.
• Farley Spitz - Shot once in the heart by Lewis with a hunting rifle.
  • Total - 10

Summer Never Ends II: God's Mistake

• Lewis Baylor - Shot once in the throat by Don Katzenberg in 1985, mentioned.
• Blake Bennington - Head split open by Don Katzenberg/"Lewis Baylor" with a machete.
• August Heeler - Hacked to death by Don with a machete.
• Parker Bennington - Shot once in the head by Don with a pistol.
• Nicolette Rothberg - Hacked to death by Don with a hatchet.
• Jorge Abarzua - Shot six time by Don with a bow and arrow.
• Paul Baur - Chopped in the neck by Don with a machete.
• Sears Monte - Stabbed through the chest by Don with a machete.
• Gabi Newton - Hacked to death by Don with a machete.
• Gennifer Henderson - Stabbed through the back by Don with a machete.
• Harry Mayfair - Shot in the back and throat by Tawney Mayfair with a bow and arrow.
• Suellen Banks - Stabbed repeatedly by Tawney with a knife.
• Joe Kross - Shot once in the head by Tawney with a pistol.
• Samantha Roberson - Shot in the gut and the face by Tawney with a pistol.
• Jason Peachtree - Throat slit by Treat Rowling with a steak knife.
• Vinny Hinchcliff - Beaten to death by Gerry Wattson before the novel. Mentioned by Gerry.
• Gerry Wattson - Shot once in the head by Tawney with a pistol.
• Copperhead Snake - Head bitten off by Treat.
• Treat Rowling - Bitten by a copperhead snake Kodi Macintosh threw in his face, then skull crushed by Kodi with a sledgehammer.
• Tawney Mayfair - Stabbed in the throat by Chet Buckly, then bled out when Kodi pulled out the knife and stabbed her in the eye.
  • Total - 20

Deaths

• Total - 30
  • 29 Humans
    • 21 Male
    • 8 Female
  • 1 Animal

Kill Counts

1. Don Katzenberg - 10
2. Tawney Mayfair - 5
3. Jack Baylor - 5 (4 shared)
4. Lewis Baylor - 4 (1 shared)
5. Rich Baylor - 4 (All shared)
6. Treat Rowling - 2
7. Kodi Macintosh - 2 (1 shared)
8. Gerry Wattson - 1
9. Chet Buckly - 1 (Shared)
10. Tanner Reinke - 1 (Shared)
11. Farley Spitz - 1 (Shared)