Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God.
Krakauer's investigation is a meticulously researched, bone-chilling narrative
of polygamy, savage violence and unyielding faith: an incisive, gripping work of
non-fiction that illuminates an otherwise confounding realm of human behaviour.
'A provocative look at the twisted roots of American fundamentalism' Will Self,
"Evening Standard" Books of the Year
'Excellent . . . a lucid, judicious, even sympathetic account not just of
Mormon Fundamentalism but of the seductive power of fanaticism in general'
"Daily Telegraph "
'Krakauer writes exceptionally well: as thrilling as Capote on true crime, as
devastating as