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Robin McMillion

The Children of the Children

Robin McMillion

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English
Catchings Press Publishers
16 September 2025
Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects
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 religious cult and begins printing the increasingly dark writings of its charismatic leader. Father Joseph says ""unless you become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven.""

But ""become like children"" means just that. 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.

Set during the last years of the Cold War, and 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.
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Imprint:   Catchings Press Publishers
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   367g
ISBN:   9798992464405
Pages:   374
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Robin McMillion is the author of ""The Children of the Children"" and ""The Catchings Press."" She lives in Austin, Texas.

Reviews for The Children of the Children

""Lays bare the long shadow of belief systems built on control, secrecy, and survival."" - Literary Titan ""McMillion's subject and setting are fascinating, and the parallels between the protest energy of the late 1960s and the allure of a cult cut off from mainstream society lend a sharp and smart context to the novel."" - Kirkus Reviews ""Will stay with you like a hymn you heard as a child but didn't understand until you were older and broken and finally quiet enough to listen."" - Feathered Quill


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