Against Their Will: Sadistic Kidnappers and the Courageous Stories of Their Innocent Victims

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 18 years of captivity in paroled rapist Phillip Garridos suburban backyard

Elizabeth Smart — bravely held on for 9 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 24 years trapped in a basement dungeon built especially for her by her father, Josef

Colleen Stan — heroically endured 7 years as a sex slave, brutally tortured with the full consent of her captors wife

Tina Marie Risico — escaped certain death at the hands of a killer by being an unwilling accomplice in other kidnappings

Delving into the minds of twisted criminals who hold young women in endless captivity and telling every excruciating detail of the brave survivors stories, Against Their Will is the first comprehensive compendium to describe the most disturbing kidnappings of all time. Theres Jaycee Lee Dugard, who lived in her captors backyard in a California suburb for 18 horrifying years, and Elizabeth Smart, taken from her bed in Salt Lake City and forced to marry a religious fanatic. Against Their Will presents minute-by-minute accounts of the abductions and the year-by-year suffering of these young victims who went through every womans worst nightmare and lived to tell the tale. Covering infamous cases as well as lesser-known abductions, this collection of terrifying ordeals is the first of its kind. It even probes the bizarre instances when the kidnappers family is complicit, as with Colleen Stan, whose captor Cameron Hooker kept her as a sex slave with permission from his wife; it also profiles serial kidnappers such as John Jamelske and Gary Heidnik, who committed this perverse crime 11 times between them.