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About Rise

“What about your children? You say there are just a few. There are many, many more coming in the same direction. They are running in the streets, and they are coming right at you.” — Charles Manson Fifty-five years after the chilling Manson Family murders, Professor Carrie West, a writer teetering on the edge of reality, becomes obsessed when she suspects a violent resurgence of Manson’s twisted ideology. After the brutal murder of a former Manson Family member on August 2, 2024, Carrie realizes that surviving members, those who escaped justice decades ago, are being targeted and killed in a disturbingly similar fashion to the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders of 1969. Carrie’s fixation with the case has fueled her synesthetic visions for years and was the basis for her self-published book on the Manson murders. But now, as she plunges back into this dark world, her visions intensify, and she begins to piece together unsettling connections linking the past to the present. As Carrie and her devoted student Will work to unravel the mysteries behind the deaths, they are drawn into a web of psychological suspense and cult psychology, where the lines between innocence and evil blur. A gripping blend of psychological thriller and historical fiction, *Rise* explores the human psyche’s capacity for darkness and the haunting allure of cult ideology. With historical echoes of the Manson Family’s legacy, this novel brings readers face-to-face with a resurgence of Helter Skelter—a nightmarish, albeit fabricated vision of societal upheaval and violence—and offers a thought-provoking journey into the depths of cult influence, crime, and redemption.

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