Religious studies scholar Mikhail Gross awakens in a hospital after a six-month coma. His expedition colleagues are dead, and he is the prime suspect. But the real killer is nearby, and he has only just begun his bloody hunt for academics across Scandinavia.
Ancient runes. Ritual murders. A madman who believes himself to be a god.
Mikhail must remember the truth about that terrible night in a Norwegian church before the maniac completes his "sacred mission."