The novel describes a fictional large group awareness training called "The Program", and characters also use the term Large Group Awareness Training and "LGAT" to refer to the course. In the novel, the seminar leader had "married two cult models", which one of the protagonists describes as a blend of the "psychotherapeutic cult", and the "self-improvement cult".
The novel depicts a fictional large group awareness training program called "The Program", where characters use terms such as Large Group Awareness Training and LGAT to describe it. The seminar leader combines elements of two types of cults, which one protagonist character identifies as a mix of the therapeutic and self-improvement cults.