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Rock Slam, by Sosumi Starr, a novel inspired by recovery from Scientology.
Amazon: Rock Slam: a cult novel (Eye of Needles Book 1)
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Slam-cult-novel-Needles-ebook/dp/B019P930YY/
Rock Slam: a cult novel (Eye of Needles Book 1) Kindle Edition
by Sosumi Starr (Author)
Kindle $3.99
Three women lost to humanity huddle together on the chill Oregon coast. If they are to heal each other’s fractured lives, they must heed the lesson imposed by a sinister crag rising from the sea.
A fictional book based on a true story, Rock Slam is one woman’s biography of pain and bliss, providing insight into families consumed by cults and forever scarred by evil. Through the blend of true life horror and crime, the workings of a cult and the minds of some captives may be understood.
The effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stockholm Syndrome, and fractured personality occurring as a result of cult involvement are explored.
Product Details
File Size: 2242 KB
Print Length: 136 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Liber Sol Press; 1 edition (December 21, 2015)
Publication Date: December 21, 2015
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B019P930YY
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Not Enabled
Lending: Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled
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Sosumi Starr's Smashword Profile
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/sosumi
Sosumi Starr
Biography
Sosumi wanders the universe seeking to right injustices through revealing truths kept hidden under oppression.
Books
Rock Slam by Sosumi Starr
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 45,090. Language: English. Published: December 22, 2015 by House of Lit. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Scientology, Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking
Three women lost to humanity huddle together on the chill Oregon coast. If they are to heal each other’s fractured lives, they must heed the lesson imposed by a sinister crag rising from the sea. Based on a true story, Rock Slam uses metaphor and narrative to relate one woman’s biography of pain and bliss, providing insight into families consumed by cults and forever scarred by evil.
EDITED TO ADD:
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Slam-cult-novel-Needles-ebook/dp/B019P930YY/
EDITED AGAIN TO ADD INTRODUCTION AND SAMPLE FROM SMASHWORDS
http://rtf-ebooks.com/_/_/600032/rock-slam
Rock Slam
a cult novel
Eye of Needles, Book I
sosumi starr
© Copyright 2015 Sosumi Starr
All Rights Reserved
SMASHWORDS EDITION
Smashwords Edition License Notes
This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return it to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
This book is a work of fiction based on a true story. All characters and events are fictitious, except those which are the true experiences of the ex-cult member. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. No part, excerpt, image, or passage of this book or book cover may be reproduced or copied by anyone (including online libraries), in any medium, except for those expressly and explicitly allowed in writing from the author or publisher. For permission, contact [email protected].
Book Description
Three women lost to humanity huddle together on the chill Oregon coast. If they are to heal each other’s fractured lives, they must heed the lesson imposed by a sinister crag rising from the sea.
Based on a true story, Rock Slam uses metaphor and narrative to relate one woman’s biography of pain and bliss, providing insight into families consumed by cults and forever scarred by evil. Through the fictionalized blend of true life horror and crime, the workings of a cult and the minds of some captives may be understood.
The effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stockholm Syndrome, and fractured personality occurring as a result of cult involvement are explored.
for Warrior
for the survivors and their families,
who could never understand
for Tim, for staying as long as he could
for my grandchildren,
who otherwise would never know the truth
for my parents, who endured
and most of all
for my lost children
In life, little happens by chance, and most bad hands we’re dealt are the consequence of our actions, which are shaped by our wisdom and our ignorance. In my experience, survival depends on hoping for the best while recognizing that disaster is more likely and that it can’t be averted if it can’t be imagined.
—Odd Thomas/Dean Koontz from Deeply Odd
You never wanted your children anyway.
—M. George
He with no spine has a snake for a backbone.
— Riley Hill’s Chinese Fortune Cookie
For those of you seduced by the need to follow God, to seek those greater spiritual states of being, who said enlightenment is not cruel? Who said Truth and Beauty bring Peace? All truth cannot lie, nor lies exist without truth. This is the Tao. Follow me through my tale so you can choose your path more wisely.
–The Tented Woman
Contents
Introduction
1. Suicide
2. Resurrection
3. Journals
4. Born Again Bums
5. Hidden Things
6. Secrets of the Sea
7. Living Without Mirrors
8. Hopes and Dreams
9. Imprint/In Print
Foreword
Chapter One The Road to Total Freedom
The Emotional Tone Scale
Suppressive Person
Tone 40
Chapter Two Beyond My Wildest Dreams
10. Spooky Stories
11. Don’t Think, Just Do
Chapter Three The Highest Honor
12. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Chapter Four The Silent Scream
13. Wrongful Death
14. Freedom
15. Have I Got a Bridge to Sell You!
Suggested Reading Material
For Families and Ex-cult Members
For Those Recovering from Cult Abuses
For Those Still Trapped and Their Families
Coming soon from Sosumi Starr
Introduction
Have you known an innocent and delightful person who suddenly turned and became someone you could not fathom? Have you wondered what goes through the mind of someone in a cult? Do you assert that you would never be susceptible to becoming involved in a cult? That only weak or vulnerable people get caught in their grips? Do you have a family member who is lost to a group or practice that you cannot understand? Do you grieve for what you gave up, are you trying to recover? Are you a survivor? Or a victim? If so, this book might be for you.
But if you live on the thin surface of life, believing only in the news, your church, the American Dream, apple pie, and that nothing, nothing, can ever shatter that; or if you are already captured by the mind-control techniques of your favorite cult and refuse to hear anything offered that does not come to you via your founder, your leader, your interpreter of God; you probably will not understand the insights this book offers.
Perhaps the truth writhes, buried under a layer of denial that terrible things could happen in the bright and shining USA—or your country—condoned by government, disregarded by law, and leaving the victim shunned by the general populace; the normal people. Can post traumatic stress disorder last a lifetime? A lot has been written for and about PTSD as regards service men and women, but not so much about others who have suffered the shocks and harrowing misadventures that bring their lives and livelihoods to their knees.
Chances are you will not like this story. But if you’re curious about true crime, what goes through the minds of cult members, or what can happen to those who are innocent and trusting in countries around the world, and if you can stand up to the truth that it’s happening every day in your neighborhood, you may be well-armed to read this book.
This book is a work of fiction based on a true story. It provides peeks into the workings of a mind trapped in a cult that, quite ironically, offers to free the planet of insanity, war, and crime. It is about the pain of being human and innocent. It is a trek to the dark side of what well-intentioned people can do to one another. Written in a literary style of plain English without much cult jargon, the author can only hope it helps at least one person to make a better choice.
Amazon: Rock Slam: a cult novel (Eye of Needles Book 1)
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Slam-cult-novel-Needles-ebook/dp/B019P930YY/
Rock Slam: a cult novel (Eye of Needles Book 1) Kindle Edition
by Sosumi Starr (Author)
Kindle $3.99
Three women lost to humanity huddle together on the chill Oregon coast. If they are to heal each other’s fractured lives, they must heed the lesson imposed by a sinister crag rising from the sea.
A fictional book based on a true story, Rock Slam is one woman’s biography of pain and bliss, providing insight into families consumed by cults and forever scarred by evil. Through the blend of true life horror and crime, the workings of a cult and the minds of some captives may be understood.
The effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stockholm Syndrome, and fractured personality occurring as a result of cult involvement are explored.
Product Details
File Size: 2242 KB
Print Length: 136 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Liber Sol Press; 1 edition (December 21, 2015)
Publication Date: December 21, 2015
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B019P930YY
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Not Enabled
Lending: Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled
********************************************************************************
Sosumi Starr's Smashword Profile
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/sosumi
Sosumi Starr
Biography
Sosumi wanders the universe seeking to right injustices through revealing truths kept hidden under oppression.
Books
Rock Slam by Sosumi Starr
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 45,090. Language: English. Published: December 22, 2015 by House of Lit. Categories: Nonfiction » Religion and Spirituality » Scientology, Nonfiction » True Crime » Kidnapping, abduction, hostage taking
Three women lost to humanity huddle together on the chill Oregon coast. If they are to heal each other’s fractured lives, they must heed the lesson imposed by a sinister crag rising from the sea. Based on a true story, Rock Slam uses metaphor and narrative to relate one woman’s biography of pain and bliss, providing insight into families consumed by cults and forever scarred by evil.
EDITED TO ADD:
http://www.amazon.com/Rock-Slam-cult-novel-Needles-ebook/dp/B019P930YY/
EDITED AGAIN TO ADD INTRODUCTION AND SAMPLE FROM SMASHWORDS
http://rtf-ebooks.com/_/_/600032/rock-slam
Rock Slam
a cult novel
Eye of Needles, Book I
sosumi starr
© Copyright 2015 Sosumi Starr
All Rights Reserved
SMASHWORDS EDITION
Smashwords Edition License Notes
This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return it to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
This book is a work of fiction based on a true story. All characters and events are fictitious, except those which are the true experiences of the ex-cult member. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. No part, excerpt, image, or passage of this book or book cover may be reproduced or copied by anyone (including online libraries), in any medium, except for those expressly and explicitly allowed in writing from the author or publisher. For permission, contact [email protected].
Book Description
Three women lost to humanity huddle together on the chill Oregon coast. If they are to heal each other’s fractured lives, they must heed the lesson imposed by a sinister crag rising from the sea.
Based on a true story, Rock Slam uses metaphor and narrative to relate one woman’s biography of pain and bliss, providing insight into families consumed by cults and forever scarred by evil. Through the fictionalized blend of true life horror and crime, the workings of a cult and the minds of some captives may be understood.
The effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Stockholm Syndrome, and fractured personality occurring as a result of cult involvement are explored.
for Warrior
for the survivors and their families,
who could never understand
for Tim, for staying as long as he could
for my grandchildren,
who otherwise would never know the truth
for my parents, who endured
and most of all
for my lost children
In life, little happens by chance, and most bad hands we’re dealt are the consequence of our actions, which are shaped by our wisdom and our ignorance. In my experience, survival depends on hoping for the best while recognizing that disaster is more likely and that it can’t be averted if it can’t be imagined.
—Odd Thomas/Dean Koontz from Deeply Odd
You never wanted your children anyway.
—M. George
He with no spine has a snake for a backbone.
— Riley Hill’s Chinese Fortune Cookie
For those of you seduced by the need to follow God, to seek those greater spiritual states of being, who said enlightenment is not cruel? Who said Truth and Beauty bring Peace? All truth cannot lie, nor lies exist without truth. This is the Tao. Follow me through my tale so you can choose your path more wisely.
–The Tented Woman
Contents
Introduction
1. Suicide
2. Resurrection
3. Journals
4. Born Again Bums
5. Hidden Things
6. Secrets of the Sea
7. Living Without Mirrors
8. Hopes and Dreams
9. Imprint/In Print
Foreword
Chapter One The Road to Total Freedom
The Emotional Tone Scale
Suppressive Person
Tone 40
Chapter Two Beyond My Wildest Dreams
10. Spooky Stories
11. Don’t Think, Just Do
Chapter Three The Highest Honor
12. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Chapter Four The Silent Scream
13. Wrongful Death
14. Freedom
15. Have I Got a Bridge to Sell You!
Suggested Reading Material
For Families and Ex-cult Members
For Those Recovering from Cult Abuses
For Those Still Trapped and Their Families
Coming soon from Sosumi Starr
Introduction
Have you known an innocent and delightful person who suddenly turned and became someone you could not fathom? Have you wondered what goes through the mind of someone in a cult? Do you assert that you would never be susceptible to becoming involved in a cult? That only weak or vulnerable people get caught in their grips? Do you have a family member who is lost to a group or practice that you cannot understand? Do you grieve for what you gave up, are you trying to recover? Are you a survivor? Or a victim? If so, this book might be for you.
But if you live on the thin surface of life, believing only in the news, your church, the American Dream, apple pie, and that nothing, nothing, can ever shatter that; or if you are already captured by the mind-control techniques of your favorite cult and refuse to hear anything offered that does not come to you via your founder, your leader, your interpreter of God; you probably will not understand the insights this book offers.
Perhaps the truth writhes, buried under a layer of denial that terrible things could happen in the bright and shining USA—or your country—condoned by government, disregarded by law, and leaving the victim shunned by the general populace; the normal people. Can post traumatic stress disorder last a lifetime? A lot has been written for and about PTSD as regards service men and women, but not so much about others who have suffered the shocks and harrowing misadventures that bring their lives and livelihoods to their knees.
Chances are you will not like this story. But if you’re curious about true crime, what goes through the minds of cult members, or what can happen to those who are innocent and trusting in countries around the world, and if you can stand up to the truth that it’s happening every day in your neighborhood, you may be well-armed to read this book.
This book is a work of fiction based on a true story. It provides peeks into the workings of a mind trapped in a cult that, quite ironically, offers to free the planet of insanity, war, and crime. It is about the pain of being human and innocent. It is a trek to the dark side of what well-intentioned people can do to one another. Written in a literary style of plain English without much cult jargon, the author can only hope it helps at least one person to make a better choice.
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