A remote island. An isolated community. A terrible secret.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.
