to infinity and beyond
The First Tale of the Trinity: The Soul Crackers
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Don Carlo ignored her request. He had taken up a perch in front of the only door out of the Religinon® Museum.
Want to see the Museum? It’s really neat.
Sure, why not? I’ve got five minutes.
That’s how it had all started. Don Carlo had sprung the trap as soon as they had walked in. He didn’t even bother to pretend.
There was a sudden, urgent rapping on the door. The front legs of Don Carlo’s chair hit the ground with a thud. He jumped up, pushing the chair aside, and cracked the door open. A whispered exchange occurred. Don Carlo closed the door and leaned against it, suddenly looking ill at ease. “We have a visitor on his way,” he said.
Roni shot him a nervous glance. “Who?”
“Mr. Integrity, himself.”
Roni paled. Captain Mike.
“You have one last chance to sign to avoid facing the Executioner,” Don Carlo said grimly.
Roni bit her lip and shook her head steadfastly no. “I can’t believe you guys. You preach ‘self-government’ but when I actually try to apply it to my life, I suddenly become a bad guy. I have done nothing wrong. If you had the legitimate authority to order me to sign then why do you have to lock me in a room and make it rough on me and play this game?”
Don Carlo ignored her.
A clock on the wall ticked off the minutes. They both kept glancing at it anxiously.
Suddenly, there was a loud knock on the door. Roni jumped.
Showtime, she thought nervously. Her eyes focused hypnotically on the new Guardians of the Galaxy recruitment poster hanging on the wall. Planet Earth was in the middle with two military dress swords crossed below it and the Religinon® pyramidal crystal above it. Emblazoned across the top were the words “GO ETERNAL” and emblazoned across the bottom were the words “HERE AND NOW,” all on a black field littered with stars; just looking at it made her dizzy.
Don Carlo moved out of the way just as the door was thrown open.
The portly uniformed man entered the room, no smile, no introduction. None was needed. He was well known and wearing his Executioner hat tonight.
Roni gulped weakly but held her ground.
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First Tale of the Trinity:
The Soul Crackers
Religinon®, a global religious enterprise, claims that it can take you on a spiritual journey to infinity and beyond. Rock star Dell Englund is convinced and persuades his wife to join. However, when Dell’s money runs out, Religinon® runs him out and keeps his wife.
Roni is not seeking spiritual highs but joins only because of Dell’s insistence. However, when the "new reality" sets in, Religinon® is suddenly in the driver’s seat.
As Dell's faith begins to falter, he tries to convince Roni to escape with him but it’s too late; she’s hooked and will not leave. In an effort to force her release, he stirs up public opinion against Religinon®, but the cult launches a vicious counterattack.
Going underground, Dell becomes a warrior for life as he attempts to rescue Roni from the iron tentacles of a corrupt criminal enterprise masquerading as a religion.
He learns that when the law is terrified of bringing a corrupt cult to justice for fear of retaliation and the fallout from violating its so-called religious freedom, nothing can arrest its quest for world domination; nothing, except the dedication, determination, and pure grit of a handful of former members; heroes who know the truth…the whole truth…and cannot be shuddered into silence.
Welcome to the debut of a new genre of literature called cult fiction, where nothing is as it seems, and where truth and reality make strange bedfellows.
About the Author
One day a precipitating event occurred that shattered the gridlock of fear. She walked away and never looked back, and has been dissenting ever since. Her experience as a former cult insider, researcher, and legal worker makes her a unique commentator on the relationship between a corrupt cult and the society it seeks to subvert. However, despite her serious endeavors, the "Infinity Trinity" is a work of fiction, produced by the author's own altered reality. While there are passing references to obviously real people, places and things, Religinon® and the storyline are entirely fictional. And while the name "Tinseltown" is an alternate name for As for the corrupt cult of Religinon®, as Solomon says in Ecclesiastes, "There's nothing new under the sun." And there isn't. Get rich quick schemes are as old as history itself; in fact, it has been posited and proven by the unscrupulous that the easiest way to make million$ while getting away with murder is to start a religion. Well, here it is…introducing the newest player in one of the oldest games around! Hold on to your wallet…and your sanity... as you journey to infinity and beyond!