In The Colony, investigative journalist Sally Denton delves into the complex story of the LeBaron clan who are fundamentalist Mormons whose forebears broke from the Latter-day Saints Church and settled in Mexico when their religion outlawed polygamy.

Denton explores what drove so many women, who found themselves in an isolated desert, navigating the often mysterious complications of plural marriage and supported only by one another, over generations to join or remain in a community based on male supremacy and female servitude.

The Colony doubles as an unforgettable account of sisterhood that can flourish in polygamist communities, against the odds.