A dark Scandinavian thriller where the cold, anxious atmosphere intertwines with strong emotions and vivid images of Norwegian landscapes. Readers will meet Holger Munk and Mia Krüger again.
The story develops fast: each new incident illuminates hidden fragments of the past, piecing them into a frightening, unified picture. The criminal doesn’t choose victims at random—this is retribution for old pain that he attributes to those he considers guilty.
The finale strikes hard at the nerves and leaves a bitter-sweet feeling: the resolution comes, but the price turns out to be too high.
An ordinary Saturday morning in Oslo turns into a nightmare when a monstrous explosion rumbles in the metro. A wave of panic sweeps over the city, the authorities impose a state of emergency, and fear becomes almost tangible. An anonymous caller rings journalist Yessica Blumkvist—he takes responsibility and warns her that this is only the beginning. Every twenty-four hours there will be another explosion—on schedule, with no right to make a mistake.
Munk and Krüger find themselves at the center of a race against time. They need to compute and stop the terrorist, whose attacks are governed by cold logic and precise calculation. The key is to make it before the next 09:07 brings a new wave of death and destruction.