Ruthless: Scientology, My Son David Miscavige, and Me (MISCAVIGE, Ron)

David Miscavige, the Church of Scientology’s current leader and successor to founder L. Ron Hubbard, hasn’t always ruled with an iron fist. It was his father, Ron Miscavige, who first introduced his family to Scientology, and David embraced it immediately, even as a young boy. Ruthless explores the Miscavige family’s gradual immersion into the church while the seeds are planted for son David’s meteoric ascendancy. Ron’s personal, heartfelt story is a riveting insider’s look at life within the controversial and confounding world of Scientology.

“Compulsively readable ... Feels as if it was written more in sorrow than in anger.” - LA WEEKLY

“Books attacking Scientology are nothing new. But Ruthless... hits particularly close to home—the author’s son David Miscavige has led the church since L. Ron Hubbard died in 1986.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (“INSIDE THE LIST”)

“Recounts the Miscavige family’s experience in [Scientology], which in Ron’s view, ‘has become a cult, pure and simple.’ Since 1986 the church’s leader has been his son David.” - THE BOSTON GLOBE

“Excoriating memoir.” - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“A sad and painful but bravely told story.” - KIRKUS REVIEWS

RON MISCAVIGE is the father of David Miscavige, the leader of the Church of Scientology. He and his family joined Scientology in 1970, and he worked for the Sea Org for almost twenty-seven of those years before leaving the Church entirely in 2012. He is a Marine veteran and professional musician, and he lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.