Can children born into a cult escape the only world they’ve ever known?

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Can children born into a cult escape the only world they’ve ever known?

Danny Calvert thinks part of American society is about to crash and burn. Capitalism, if he’s lucky. But when a college friend dies in jail, he joins an apocalyptic cult and begins printing the dark writings of its charismatic leader. Father Joseph moves his followers to Europe to avoid scrutiny, and controls them such that Danny isn’t allowed to marry Deborah, the woman he loves, but is forced to marry someone else. He has children by both women, and they’re as determined to escape the world they grew up in as Danny was to escape his own world years ago.

Inspired by real events, The Children of the Children explores the price that people pay for following a leader who demands unquestioning belief, and the price their children pay to break free.