More Scary Than Sci-Fi

Truth is stranger than fiction, as they say, and this is a good example. Scientology and its practices are laid bare in this damning expose. Lawrence Wright is quite bold, seemingly holding nothing back in this scathing and terrifying tell-all. I don't want to give too much away, but as you read along, you realize how much the author risked in putting it all down on paper, because, well, read it and see for yourself. At times the pace slows, but the occasional slog is well worth it. The murkiness of this "religion" (which unsurprisingly does not share the main tenets of the "Big Five"), created by sci-fi writer L. Ron Hubbard, is brought to light as it is obvious that he was making things up as he went along, crafting a society that revered him and catered to his whims. Chilling.