Karen and I congratulate our dear friend Mike Rinder on the release of his long-awaited book.
Mike Rinder is a true hero in the fight against the vicious multibillion dollar Cult of Scientology.
Born into Scientology, Mike Rinder quickly rose to become one of the top leaders in Scientology. Mike knows Scientology from the inner sanctum of its notorious Office of Special Affairs where he served as its Commanding Officer. Mike also knows what it is like to be on the receiving end of Scientology’s vicious and calculated Fair Game programs designed to utterly destroy people.
From the publisher Simon & Schuster:
About The Book
One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir.Mike Rinder’s parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school, he signed a billion-year contract and was admitted into Scientology’s elite inner circle, the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard’s yacht and promised training in Hubbard’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 Hubbard’s world-saving mission, swiftly rising through the ranks. In the 1980s, Rinder became Scientology’s international spokesperson and the head of its powerful Office of Special Affairs. He helped negotiate Scientology’s pivotal tax exemption from the IRS and engaged with the organization’s prominent celebrity members, including Tom Cruise, Lisa Marie Presley, and John Travolta.
Yet Rinder 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 who did not hesitate to confine many top Scientologists, Mike among them, to a makeshift prison known as the Hole.
In 2007, at the age of fifty-two, Rinder finally escaped Scientology. Overnight, he became one of the organization’s biggest public enemies. He was followed, hacked, spied on, and tracked. But he refused to be intimidated and today helps people break free of Scientology.
In A Billion Years, the dark, dystopian truth about Scientology is revealed as never before. Rinder offers insights into the religion that only someone of his former high rank could provide and tells a harrowing but fulfilling story of personal resilience.
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CONGRATULATIONS, Mike! Can’t wait to read your book!
I so agree that when I found out on his blog that Mike had authored a book, honestly I got a little teary.
All the books written about times within the Cult of Scientology are Vital Special and a Tribute to all Brave ex members of Sea Org or public or staff or mission holders,book buyers, who escaped .
Mike is here and for that I am grateful that he got out & can write about the Cult, as only he can uniquely chart his experiences with it. 💛
They trued to do the same Pete Griffith in Blackmail everything else there European HQ in Ireland 🇮🇪 up to same tricks sea org here lobbying Irish Politicians . One that been seen in Leo Vadakar in Scientology company firehouse and Seo org Europe Hq . The ex priminster is part of gay community unless bye sexual he is known to have affairs on boy friend . They could be blackmailed The Scientology have many meetings with Government officials in Parliament of Ireland 🇮🇪 how many politicians honey traps that have been set for than . Many activists ex Scientology people and people in gay community and others keep eye 👁 Scientology . We are waiting for worldwide protests resume that way people know what the Scientology is then makes harder for them to Recruit new people . The Germany 🇩🇪 Anonymous and other groups around Europe are still Demonstrating. The rest worldwide movement needs come back.