Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world. Covered head-to-toe in strict, modest clothing, she received a rigorous education at Alta Academy, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' school headed by Warren Jeffs. Always seeking to be an obedient Priesthood girl, in her teens she became the nineteenth wife of her people's prophet: 85-year-old Rulon Jeffs, Warren's father. Finally sickened by the abuse she suffered and saw around her, she pulled off a daring escape and sought to build a new life and family. The church, however, had a way of pulling her back in-and by 2007, Rebecca had no choice but to take the witness stand against the new prophet of the FLDS in order to protect her little sisters and other young girls from being forced to marry at shockingly young ages. The following year, Rebecca and the rest of the world watched as a team of Texas Rangers raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch, a stronghold of the FLDS. Rebecca's subsequent testimony would reveal the horrific secrets taking place behind closed doors of the temple, sending their leaders to prison for years, and Warren Jeffs for life. THE WITNESS WORE RED is a gripping account of one woman's struggle to escape the perverse embrace of religious fanaticism and sexual slavery, and a courageous story of hope and transformation.

21世纪初，美国犹他州。乔丹•斯科特14岁时被母亲在半夜扔在高速公路边，因为他和一个异母妹妹拉了手。他母亲贝凯琳是他父亲的第19个妻子，而他数不清自己有多少兄弟姐妹。颠沛流离6年后，乔丹获知父亲忽然被人枪杀、母亲蒙冤入狱，不得不重新踏入那抛弃他的世界。大幕拉开，摩门教家族的神秘内幕渐渐展现于世，摩门教充满疑谜的一夫多妻制逐渐展开真颜，相隔百年的两个“第19个妻子”引领读者步入谜团深处……