Why read A Billion Years?

Book cover of A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

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One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir.
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'A flamethrower of a read' JOHN SWEENEY

'Candid and deeply felt' LAWRENCE WRIGHT

'Gripping and harrowing' LEAH REMINI

'Extraordinarily powerful' ALEX GIBNEY
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Mike Rinder's parents began taking him…

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Emily Paulson

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I went into this book knowing that scientology was a glorified criminal organization, and that belief was confirmed!

This book is an incredible tale of redemption. Mike Rinder doesn’t downplay his own role in Scientology, as he acknowledges that he spread the word for years and influenced many. But when you understand how far Scientologists will go to silence their critics, you begin to understand why people don’t leave, or go missing!

Rinder was the man who “silenced” people, and I can’t imagine a better person to explain the inner workings of the organization that someone who lived it. Couldn’t…

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