Damon (novel)

Damon is a novel, written by Charles Terry Cline, Jr.,^[1] about a four year old boy named Damon who begins to rapidly develop sexually into the equivalent of a full grown man. While still in the body of a four year old boy, excepting his genitalia, he quickly becomes a predator to every female that comes within his grasp: his playmates, his nurse, and even his own mother. At the same time he exhibits immensely bizarre psychological abilities including some of the seemingly super-natural variety, such as telepathy and remote viewing. In one instance, he uses his remote viewing ability to watch a rescue group discover the body of a neighboring young girl he violently raped and left to die. The question for the protagonist doctor working closely on the case becomes, is Damon possessed by the mind of a sexual psychopath? Or is his body simply the victim of a logical but strange, purely physical malady?

The first hardback edition was published in the United States and the United Kingdom by the Putnam Publishing Group in February 1975. The ISBN for the United Kingdom is 0399114297, while the United States ISBN is 0-399-11429-7.

The first paperback edition was published in the United States and the United Kingdom by Fawcett Publications in January 1981. The ISBN for the United Kingdom is 0449227022, while the United States ISBN is 0-449-22702-2.

The jacket of the book includes a quote from William Castle: "One of the most original, dynamic, and exciting novels I have read since I brought Rosemary's Baby to screen."

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