The haunting, gripping story of Lapland's buried history of Nazi
crimes during World War II, perfect for fans of Stolen by Ann-Helén
Laestadius
"A beautifully written novel and a thriller that will keep readers
turning the page to find out the truth about this disgraceful chapter of
Finnish history" - Harvard Review
Finnish Lapland, 1944: a young soldier is called to work as an
interpreter at a Nazi prison camp. Surrounded by cruelty and death, he
struggles to hold onto his humanity. When peace comes, the crimes are
buried beneath the snow and ice.
A few years later, journalist Inkeri is assigned to investigate the
rapid development of remote Western Lapland. Her real motivation is more
personal: she is following a lead on her husband, who disappeared during
the war. Finding a small community riven with tension and suspicious of
outsiders, Inkeri slowly begins to uncover traces of disturbing facts
that were never supposed to come to light.
From this starkly beautiful polar landscape emerges a story of silenced
histories and ongoing oppression, of human brutality and survival.
