Taking up where Helter Skelter left off, Taming the Beast chronicles the prison years of infamous 1960s cult-leader Charles Manson. Charlie’s notorious family is alive and well, while Charlie himself has continued to raise hell despite his incarceration. My co-author in this project, Ed George, was the corrections administrator in charge of Manson for nearly two decades. It’s interesting to see how the diminutive, master manipulator gets inside Ed’s head and nearly destroys his life.