cults

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cults

Cults

from Bacchus to heaven's gate
1999

Leaving Fishers

2012
After joining her new friends in the religious group called Fishers of Men, Dorry finds herself immersed in a cult from which she must struggle to extricate herself.

A dark matter

a novel
2010
Donald, Jason, Hootie, and Lee, all devoted to charismatic campus guru Spencer Mallon while at college in the 1960s, are haunted by their participation in one of Mallon's secret rituals that ended in a gruesome murder, and they are forced to confront questions about the nature of evil when Lee's husband starts trying to figure out what happened that so changed the lives of the four friends.

I am not Esther

2004
After her mother unexpectedly leaves her with her uncle's family, members of a fanatical Christian cult, Kirby tries to learn what has become of her mother and struggles to cope with the repressiveness of her new surroundings and to maintain her own identity.

Straight talk about cults

1997
An introduction to cults--their history, recruiting techniques, members, and leaders. Considers the dangers of cults and includes a list of organizations to contact for help.

The basic eight

2006
Presents the fictional diary of Flannery Culp, a famous teenage Satanic murderess who led her cult, the Basic Eight, to notoriety with the murder of Adam State, one of the most popular boys at Roewer High School.

The disappearance of Sister Perfect

1987
Sherelee Holmes, who claims to be descended from Sherlock, investigates the peculiar behavior of her older sister and ends up going undercover into the compound of a dangerous religious cult.

Beyond belief

my secret life inside scientology and my harrowing escape
2013
Raised in Scientology and raised to obey, Jenna Miscavige Hill is the neice of Scientology's leader, David Miscavige. But in her early twenties, she made a daring break and now speaks out against the Church by telling the story of her dramatic escape and revealing unprecedented insider knowledge about the religion, its rituals, and its mysterious leader. When she finally recognized the psychological control that ruled her life, Jenna was faced with a heartbreaking choice as she made her escape.

Struck

2012
After a major earthquake devastates Los Angeles, seventeen-year-old Mia wants only to take care of her younger brother and traumatized mother, but two fanatical doomsday cults vie for her powers, drawn from the multiple lightning strikes she has experienced.

The Right & the real

2012
Homeless after her father kicks her out for refusing to join a cult, seventeen-year-old Jamie must find a way to survive on her own.

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