If the new District Sheriff, Tristan Haraldsen, thought moving to a
remote village on the island of Vagar would be the chance for a peaceful
life with his wife Elsebeth, his first few weeks in office swiftly
correct him of that notion.
Provoked into taking part in the village's whale hunt against his will,
Haraldsen blunders badly, and in the ensuing chaos two local boys go
missing. Blaming himself, Haraldsen dives into the investigation and
soon learns that the boys are not the first to have gone missing on
Vagar.
As Tristan and Elsebeth become increasingly ensnared by the island's
past, they realise its wild beauty hides an altogether uglier and
sinister truth.