Summary

Real-life accounts of harrowing abductions and resilient survivors from the author of Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace . True stories of twisted criminals who hold their victims in endless captivity to satisfy their perverse desires, Against Their Will is a comprehensive compendium of the most disturbing kidnappings of all time. Jaycee Lee Dugard --lived to tell the tale of her eighteen years of captivity in paroled rapist Phillip Garrido's suburban backyard Elizabeth Smart --bravely held on for nine long months in a forced marriage to religious fanatic Brian David Mitchell, who repeatedly raped her in the name of God Elisabeth Fritzl --amazingly overcame twenty-four years trapped in a basement dungeon built especially for her by her father, Josef Colleen Stan --heroically endured seven years as a sex slave, brutally tortured with the full consent of her captor's wife Tina Marie Risico --escaped certain death at the hands of a killer by being an unwilling accomplice in other kidnappings "Not for the faint of heart." -- Series & TV