Cults: Mystery, Mindgames and Murder – Gerda Blees at the Cheltenham Lit Fest

From The Manson Family to Jonestown, cults have long been a source of grim fascination. Daniel Hahn talks to the authors of two cult-inspired novels. In Carole Hailey’s The Silence Project a mother’s radical behaviour leads to the deaths of thousands. In Gerda Blees’ We Are Light a mysterious collective believe they can live on light alone, with dark consequences.