Eighteen years ago, tragedy struck The Refuge cult in northern Minnesota. Forty people committed suicide, and the entire compound burned to the ground. At just 13, Clare was the sole survivor found wandering miles from the encampment,...
Cults
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Author:Hart, Joe.Summary: - Author:Navarro Aquino, XavierSummary:
After a hurricane, Camila seeks refuge in Memoria. But the leader of Memoria preaches a different society than the one he practices. To reclaim their home, Camila and her friends need to confront this authoritarian.
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Author:Calder, SusanSummary:Julie Fox is on the run. A psychotic breakdown has shattered her career in Calgary, her marriage and her love for her child. Julie travels to California to search for her mother and learn the root of her problems. Clues at a cult-like...
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Author:Cook, M. Bridget, Musser, RebeccaSummary:Rebecca Musser's shares the story of her struggle to escape the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints led by Rulon Jeffs and his son, Warren, and her subsequent decision to take the witness stand against the new...
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Author:Woods, JaneSummary:A CNQ Editors’ Book of the Year. Does faith insist upon the spotless soul? Can intellectual integrity and an honest search for the holy in this world survive a collision with religious mania? Is heavenly forgiveness possible this side...
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Author:Miller, Whitney A.Summary:Some call VisionCrest the pinnacle of religious enlightenment. Others call it a powerful cult. For seventeen years, Harlow Wintergreen has called it her life. As the adopted daughter of VisionCrest’s patriarch, Harlow is expected to be...
- Author:Chandrasekera, VajraSummary:
Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel. A 2023 New York Times Notable Book. "The best book I've read all year. Protean, singular, original." —Amal El-Mohtar for the New York Times. The Saint of Bright Doors sets the...
- Author:Galbraith, RobertSummary:
Private detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son joined a religious cult, where Strike finds sinister doings and unexplained deaths. Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the...
- Author:Chu, Wesley, Clare, CassandraSummary:
All Magnus Bane wanted was a vacation - a lavish trip across Europe with Alec Lightwood, the Shadowhunter who against all odds is finally his boyfriend. But as soon as the pair settles in Paris, an old friend arrives with news about a...
- Author:Summers, CourtneySummary:
Lo Denham is used to being on her own. After her parents died, Lo's sister, Bea, joined The Unity Project, leaving Lo with an aunt. Thanks to its charitable work and community outreach, The Unity Project has won the hearts and...
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Author:Hardin, Chet, Natalie, ToniSummary:Many have heard of NXIVM and its creator, Keith Raniere, the unassuming Albany man now prosecuted for ensnaring tens of thousands of people in the US, Mexico, Canada and elsewhere, to do his bidding and pay millions of dollars to...
- Author:Marwood, AlexSummary:
When nearly 100 members of The Ark, a sinister apocalypse cult, are found dead by poison at their isolated community in North Wales, those left alive are scattered to the winds with few coping skills and fewer answers. For 23-year-old...
- Author:Clare, CassandraSummary:
From #1 New York Times bestselling authors Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series and a thrilling new adventure for High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood, for whom a death-defying mission...
- Author:Tannahill, JordanSummary:
A propulsive literary page-turner about a family torn apart by a mother's obsession with a sound that no one else can hear One night, while lying in bed next to her husband, Claire Devon suddenly hears a low hum. This innocuous sound,...
- Author:Lee, Tosca MoonSummary:
In this frighteningly believable thriller from New York Timesbestselling author and master storyteller Tosca Lee, an extinct disease re-emerges from the melting Alaskan permafrost and causes madness in its victims. For recent...
- Author:Peterson, Megan CooleySummary:
Desperate to escape deprogramming after being rescued from a cult, seventeen-year-old Piper wants to rejoin her family, but the truth about that family, her past, and herself cannot be denied.
- Author:Winstead, AshleySummary:
Eight years ago, Shay Evans and her friend escaped a cult. Now, as she searches for answers to her friend's death, Shay is consumed by her obsession to uncover the truth, and by darker desires newly reawakened.
- Author:Hoffman, AliceSummary:
The latest New York Times bestseller from beloved author Alice Hoffman celebrates the enduring magic of books and is a "wonderful story of love and growth" (Stephen King). One June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to...
- Author:Nesser, HåkanSummary:
Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is back. A young girl's body is found in the woods in Sweden, triggering an investigation into a mysterious religious sect called the Pure Life.
- Author:Kwon, R. O.Summary:
"A dark, absorbing story of how first love can be as intoxicating and dangerous as religious fundamentalism."--New York Times Book Review"Reminiscent of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with menace and mystery lurking in every corner...
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