The Doctrine (Paperback)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Independently Published, 2025

9798269200668

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Paperback. When exposure requires sacrifice and justice demands evidence gathered at devastating personal cost, four women build a network of resistance that could finally hold a predator accountable-if they survive long enough to see it through. Nineteen-year-old Antonia Reyes has never lived anywhere except the Shepherd's Light Institute, an isolated leadership academy for an evangelical megachurch network. When the revered Prophet Ambrose Shepherd selects her for private mentorship sessions, everyone calls it an honor. Her mother, Elvira, knows better. Twenty years ago, Rebecca Vega tried to expose the Institute's systematic abuse. They called her mentally ill, had her committed, and she died three months later. Now her daughter, Matilda, has returned-not seeking restoration, but revenge. Posing as a broken woman desperate for spiritual healing, Matilda infiltrates the Institute's inner circle. She records Prophet Shepherd's manipulations. She documents financial fraud. And in the hidden Reflection Cottages at the forest's edge, she discovers Agnes Thornwood-imprisoned for nine years after refusing to be silenced about assault and adoption trafficking. Four women. Four strategic roles: Matilda-the infiltrator, gathering evidence from inside the prophet's studyAntonia-the wire, enduring grooming sessions while recording every wordElvira-the documentarian, photographing financial crimes while planning their escapeAgnes-the witness, whose nine years of imprisonment prove the pattern But institutional abuse doesn't fall because of one brave person with evidence. It falls when victims refuse to be isolated. When documentation is coordinated. When networks replace individual heroism. When women who've been called crazy, bitter, and vindictive decide to be strategic instead. The cost is real: Antonia endures the prophet's hands in her hair, his voice reframing her doubt as sin, his systematic erosion of every boundary. Agnes faces the threat of being medicated into silence. Matilda risks repeating her mother's fate. And when the Institute discovers their conspiracy, all four must decide-run with incomplete evidence, or stay long enough to build an irrefutable case? A searing psychological thriller about spiritual abuse, collective resistance, and the gap between truth and justice. Perfect for readers who loved The Girls by Emma Cline, My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent, and The Program by Suzanne Young. For anyone who's followed #ChurchToo, megachurch scandals, or high-control religious group exposes and wondered: What does it actually take to hold these institutions accountable? This is a modern retelling of Matthew Lewis's 1796 Gothic novel The Monk-but where Lewis's story centered a corrupt abbot and featured women as victims or demons, The Doctrine gives those women their agency, their rage, and their strategic brilliance. "The truth. Eventually, inevitably, the truth comes out. Because systems like this create more victims every day, and eventually there are too many victims to silence." -Matilda Vega The living have to keep living. That's the most radical resistance of all. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Titolo
The Doctrine (Paperback)
Autore
R.C. Ramirez
Editore
Independently Published
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 13
9798269200668

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