How can you be sure of yourself as a witness to inexplicable and mysterious events when your perception of the world is bidding farewell forever? This novel stretches the tension from Iceland to the former monastery of Corvey on the Weser River. The book weaves aspects of Nordic mysticism and medieval occurrences with the life of a young modern couple: Upon returning from their honeymoon in Iceland, thirty-year-old scientist Theresa is suddenly haunted by disturbing visions of a dark, grotesque figure.