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In the dead of night, Naomi Forman receives a phone call.
What began as a rude interruption of her night becomes a horrifying interruption of her life. Drawn into the Glory Church doomsday cult by her estranged sister, Charlotte Harrigan succumbs to the will of the enigmatic Father Glory. Brainwashed beyond comprehension, she is now not herself, but only one of many who have been entrapped by the cult's promise of rebirth into a new, idyllic life.
Against her better judgment, Naomi agrees to help Barney confront the Glories and save Charlotte.
But naïve optimism quickly plummets to misery as their plans are systematically picked apart, dashed by members of the cult past and present, and even by the local Sheriff T. Clausen Moore, who is only as helpful as the Glories want him to be. His awareness of the Glory's practices and their secluded compound--including the river, where there has been more than one "accidental" drowning--is the one obstacle that he too must overcome to restore order to his county.
No one is safe.
Naomi's will is tested and Barney becomes more and more desperate. The lengths he is willing to go to save his wife are as sinister as the Glories themselves.
From the Manson family to Scientology, cults have been fascinating, disturbing, and terrifying, from their induction methodologies to doomsday imperatives. The Glory Church of Warren Adler's vision is no different. Just look to the headlines. Their time will come.
What began as a rude interruption of her night becomes a horrifying interruption of her life. Drawn into the Glory Church doomsday cult by her estranged sister, Charlotte Harrigan succumbs to the will of the enigmatic Father Glory. Brainwashed beyond comprehension, she is now not herself, but only one of many who have been entrapped by the cult's promise of rebirth into a new, idyllic life.
Against her better judgment, Naomi agrees to help Barney confront the Glories and save Charlotte.
But naïve optimism quickly plummets to misery as their plans are systematically picked apart, dashed by members of the cult past and present, and even by the local Sheriff T. Clausen Moore, who is only as helpful as the Glories want him to be. His awareness of the Glory's practices and their secluded compound--including the river, where there has been more than one "accidental" drowning--is the one obstacle that he too must overcome to restore order to his county.
No one is safe.
Naomi's will is tested and Barney becomes more and more desperate. The lengths he is willing to go to save his wife are as sinister as the Glories themselves.
From the Manson family to Scientology, cults have been fascinating, disturbing, and terrifying, from their induction methodologies to doomsday imperatives. The Glory Church of Warren Adler's vision is no different. Just look to the headlines. Their time will come.
In the dead of night, Naomi Forman receives a phone call.
What began as a rude interruption of her night becomes a horrifying interruption of her life. Drawn into the Glory Church doomsday cult by her estranged sister, Charlotte Harrigan succumbs to the will of the enigmatic Father Glory. Brainw...
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Warren Adler (1927–2019) was a prolific American novelist and playwright best known for his darkly comic novel The War of the Roses. His works explore themes of marriage, family dynamics, and human psychology, with over fifty books translated into twenty-five languages. Several of his novels became major Hollywood films.
Warren Adler (1927–2019) was a prolific American novelist and playwright best known for his darkly comic novel The War of the Roses. His works explore themes of marriage, family dynamics, and human psychology, with over fifty books translated into twenty-five languages. Several of his novels beca...
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