Silje Angrimsdotter's life is turned upside down when the streets of Trodheim on Norway's northern coast is stricken by the plague. It has gripped her village and wiped out her family and she is forced to flee in search of solace. En route she finds companions in two abandoned children but where will Silje lead them? And who will they encounter on their journey towards the mountains of the Ice People that she has feared all her life?

This saga of love and turmoil which moves compellingly through four centuries into modern times, weaves historical events and the supernatural together in engrossing narratives that have already captivated countless readers in a dozen countries.