The book contains a number of true, heart-rending stories of some fearless and steadfast believers of the Baha'i Faith who joyfully sacrificed everything they possessed for the sake of their faith. These faithful believers were viciously persecuted while attempting to convince a fanatic and sceptic society that God had indeed sent a renewed message to mankind to carry forward a new world order based on unity, equality, and cooperation. These simple yet illustrious believers were endowed with indomitable courage and unshakeable faith of God. They suffered imprisonments, withstood cruel tortures and ultimately gave away their lives while upholding their beliefs. Despite brutal persecutions, they persisted spreading the message of God and advocated the advent of a new age. They professed the belief that the promised One, the One prophesized in all the religious scriptures of the past, had indeed appeared; and followed His teachings of oneness of mankind and religions, equality of sexes, universal education, rejection of prejudices, and the elimination of the extremes of wealth and poverty. These early believers were unfortunately treated as criminals, heretics and stripped of all their possessions including their precious lives. Their faith had indeed become their crime. 

Taken from the blurb.