Stolen

A True StoryKidnapped, Rescued, Redeemed
A true crime memoir of international abduction, miraculous rescue, and the long road from trauma to forgiveness and redemption.
A true crime memoir of international abduction, miraculous rescue, and the long road from trauma to forgiveness and redemption.

At seven years old, Lauren Burns was abducted by her father and taken from her home in Texas. She was flown to the Middle East and thrust into a life she did not recognize with a future she could not understand. What followed was an extraordinary international rescue by a small team of former military operatives and a mother who, refusing to give up, was guided by faith when all legal options had failed.

But Stolen is not only the story of a daring rescue; its the story of what came after.

Returning to the US did not end the fear. Lauren and her mother lived in hiding, changed names, and rebuilt t