Nicole Cuffy

In this "engrossing" (Los Angeles Times) novel that sweeps from present-day California to the Vietnam War and back, a grieving young man is drawn into the orbit of a charismatic cult leader who forces him to reconsider why people give up control-and what it takes, ultimately, to find one's place in the world. ONE OF THE SEASON'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS-...

A young journalist, reeling from loss, investigates a mysterious cult in the California redwoods, only to be drawn in by its charismatic leader—an addictive novel that asks why people give up control and what it takes, ultimately, to find your place in the world. In this "engrossing" (Los Angeles Times) novel that sweeps from present-day California to the Vietnam War...