Russian captive Alexander survives the sinking of prison ship the Rigel. Ingrid, on a journey to find the father of her child, follows Alexander in an attempt to cross the mountains to Sweden. Strange and outlandish encounters are ahead. Third in the historical trilogy, translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw.

Roy Jacobsen has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award: for Seierherrene in 1991, and Frost in 2003, and in 2009 he was shortlisted for the Dublin Impac Award for his novel The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles. The Unseen, the first in a bestselling historial series, was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2017