<p><b>Returning to the world of <i>Shadows of the Short Days</i>, it''s time to go beyond Reykjav¿to Hr</b><b>¿b><b>mland''s remote islands </b>. . .<br><b><br>CHANGE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN FOR THE BETTER.</b><br><br>War on the mainland is draining Reykjav¿ For some, the remote islands off Hr¿and''s coast are their only hope of survival.<br><br>Elka, a recovering addict, has fled there with her son S¿lvi. In their village they find a new life - all thanks to the Deep, a peculiar power their neighbours praise for the booming fishing industry. Everything seems perfect, but S¿lvi does not trust the people who take his mother in.<br><br>Kari is a professor of sorcery, recruited for a career-making venture - an excavation of an ancient power. He must go deep into the magical wasteland, find what is buried there, and turn the tide of the war forever. <br><br>But the world might not be ready for the storm he will unearth . . .<br><br>* * * * * * * * * *<br><br>''A marvellous, quirky, original