“There are no dead. There is no dying.” Raine was raised to believe it — until a girl runs screaming from the forest, and the gunshots begin.”
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THE TEACHING
Raine Harkins has never known anything but the Haven.
Raised deep in the forest by the community that took in her family, she believes what the Teaching tells her: forgiveness is freedom, and death is a lie. Then a terrified girl stumbles out of the trees, gunshots shatter the quiet, and the notes begin to appear — God doesn’t want you here. Leave the Haven now, before he runs you down.
As the only world she’s ever trusted turns against her, Raine has to decide what she’s willing to see — and how far she’ll go for a truth her whole life was built to hide.
Based on the author’s true-life experience . . .
I spent four years of my life inside a cult. The Teaching is the novel that comes closest to what that was really like — the belief, the belonging, and the moment you realize you must leave.
Praise
“T.O. Paine did exactly what authors are supposed to do: he wrote about what he knows. Since he has lived in a cult, he was able to create a community that is believable and is populated by inhabitants that are so realistic that I had to wonder if they were based on people he had known in his past.”– Amie’s Book Reviews
“A gripping suspense novel set on the remote compound of a bizarre religious community.”– Kirkus Reviews
“Paine barely gives us time to breathe as he unravels the clues and exposes the villain . . . or villians.” ★★★★★ – Readers’ Favorite.
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