{"product_id":"2940045760164","title":"The False Prophet","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn epic tale of mind-control and sinister conspiracies, magnetic cult leaders and an evil cabal intent on establishing the New World Order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe US is suffering from an unusual rash of mass cult suicides. The bloody and shocking deaths of almost one hundred people in a seedy Brooklyn warehouse see a team of cult exit experts and behavioural scientists come together to form a task squad intent on getting to the bottom of the alarming trend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir new target is a New-Age spiritual teacher, Eon Stella, who claims to be the embodiment of the long-awaited messiah and lives on a private island in the wilds of upstate New York near the border of Canada. He’s eloquent with a casual charm and an impressive bank balance. His ‘self-help’ group, Nova Roma , has set up by Stella as a kind of antithesis of the Catholic Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe head of the investigating team, Jimi Kritzler, is a hipster-lapsed-Jewish-boy from Brooklyn who has a stash of PhD’s and two best-selling pop-culture books about mind-control. Jimi convinces the group to infiltrate a forty day retreat on the island to get an insider’s look at the beating heart of a budding cult.\u003cbr\u003eAnne Diamond is an Australian theologian who is compiling a manuscript on Vatican corruption and she is leaving behind some domestic dirt to accompany Jimi on the retreat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe island lies in the Thousand Island stretch of the St Lawrence waterway and boasts a nineteenth century fairytale castle and boat house. The guests soon learn that this cult is like no other. Eon Stella preaches a doctrine of Bacchanalian extravagance where sex, fine whisky and luxurious fare are all part of the experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the retreat progresses through a blizzard-ridden winter, the castle becomes ice-bound and completely cut-off from the outside world. As the isolation and claustrophobia set in, so does the paranoia and the inescapable passions that such close proximity incite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe retreat becomes a mind battle between Stella and Kritzler. Anne is not sure whose side she should be on but when talk of a CIA mind-control experiment starts swirling into the leery mix, Anne starts to question her own involvement in this operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe False Prophet is a thrilling page turner that will keep you guessing until the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eugenius Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083011244272,"sku":"2940045760164","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045760164_p0.jpg?v=1763683424","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045760164","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}