A Room Full of Elephants

The impossible happens. Now what?

Keith’s a superstar software tester — in his own humble opinion. His husband Nick is an army veteran, adjusting to a brand new life with prosthetic legs and nursing a secret obsession with elephants. The uncrowned king of their terraced jungle is their cat, Ziggy.

Theirs is a cosy little universe — about to be shattered in the most extraordinary way.

Enter Cordelia, the mysterious sorta-kinda-girlfriend of Keith’s best friend. And then, from somewhere, somehow, enter Eric.

Eric is impossible. Not implausible: impossible. He’s seriously, inexplicably, adorably weird. His appearance means Keith’s universe will never be the same again — and that’s before he finds out the staggering truth.

A Room Full of Elephants is a quirky, page-turning sci-fi mystery tackling the biggest themes of all: relationships, loss, who we are, who we want to be, and whether that animal stain will ever wash out.

A Room Full of Elephants: some universes are bigger than others

Review quotes

“Sits equally well beside Tom Sharpe or Douglas Adams” — Dave Higgins (see full review)

“Floored me, just flat out turned me inside out and upside down” — Beach Books (see full review)

“A stylish combination of the domestic and the fantastic” — Peter Anghelides (see full review)

“Camber has managed to write one of the few books I have found laugh out loud funny” — J (see full review)

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Details

  • First edition published March 16, 2016 – ebook, paperback
  • Second edition published February 10, 2025 – paperback
  • 98,000 words
  • 370 printed pages (second edition)
  • Amazon Kindle ASIN: B0DWQ1FYT1
  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9571149-9-9 (second edition)

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