Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard’s yacht and promised training in Scientology’s most advanced techniques, Mike was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still, Rinder bought into the doctrine that his personal comfort was secondary to the higher purpose of a world-saving mission, swiftly rising through the ranks. Yet he couldn’t shake a nagging feeling that something was amiss—Hubbard’s promises remained unfulfilled at his death, and his successor, David Miscavige, was a ruthless and vindictive man. When Rinder finally escaped Scientology he became one of the organization’s biggest public enemies overnight. Today he helps people break free of Scientology and tells a harrowing but fulfilling story of personal resilience.
Author(s): Mike Rinder
Publisher: Gallery Books
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 336
Tags: scientology,dianetics
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Author’s Note
A Letter to My Children
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Beginning
Chapter 2: Joining the Sea Org
Chapter 3: The ‘Apollo’ Years
Chapter 4: We Come Ashore
Chapter 5: Commodore’s Messenger
Chapter 6: The GO Takeover
Chapter 7: The Office of Special Affairs
Chapter 8: The Struggle for Power
Chapter 9: PR for a Dead Man
Chapter 10: The War Is Over
Chapter 11: Lisa McPherson Changes Everything
Chapter 12: Return to California
Chapter 13: The Hole
Chapter 14: You Make Your Own Tomorrow
Chapter 15: Fair Game
Chapter 16: Life as a Whistleblower
Chapter 17: The Aftermath
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Glossary of Scientology Terminology
About the Author
Recommended Further Reading
Index
Copyright