NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER From the author ofInto the WildandInto Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside Americas isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities.Now an the acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU.

Fantastic…. Right up there withIn Cold BloodandThe Executioners Song. San Francisco Chronicle

Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities.

At the core of Krakauers book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of Americas fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.