In 2019 a suburban mother and a religious author united to create a deadly new reality. They did not just break the law. They rewrote the rules of existence.

They created a game.

Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow built a belief system that turned murder into a spiritual level-up. They used a "Light and Dark" rating scale to grade their family members. They labeled their spouses and children as "Zombies." They convinced themselves that killing the body was the only way to save the soul.

The Portal takes you inside the locked room of their delusion.

Written with the pacing of a high-stakes thriller this book moves from the beaches of Hawaii to the frozen ground of an Idaho pet cemetery. It reconstructs the timeline minute by minute using GPS data and recovered text logs.

You have seen the headlines. You have heard the rumors. Now enter the mind of the woman who smiled while her children were in the ground.