From Library Journal
In this frighteningly timely novel, Adler attempts to show how easily people can be drawn into a cult, brainwashed by a charismatic leader, and programmed to do almost anything including committing suicide. Barney Harrigan'a young wife has left him for the Glories, a mysterious group approved by the IRS as a religion. In desperation, he turns to a former lover, a human rights activist with political connections, and to a deprogrammer who was once a Glories member. Barney uses his four-year-old son as a pawn, but his plan to bargain for his wife goes tragically awry in a deadly struggle with Jeremiah, the cult's leader. Adler (War of the Roses) has published 22 novels, two of which have been filmed, and enthusiastically promotes the electronic publishing of his works. This book won't win many new readers in any format, however. It's a thinly disguised polemic on the dangers of cults, with flat characters, awful dialog, and a wishy-washy heroine who vacillates about her principles. Not recommended. Roland Person, Southern Illinois Univ. Lib., Carbondale
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Review
Warren Adler writes with skill and a sense of scene. -- New York Times Book Review
Warren has a fine ear for dialogue and a remarkable ability to plumb the depths of human obsession. -- Nelson DeMille
Warren has a fine ear for dialogue and a remarkable ability to plumb the depths of human obsession. -- Nelson DeMille
