What a fantastic read to start the spooky season with!
The story is told from several different points of view, even the two ravens take part in this. It's also told from the perspective of a "Viking" hundreds of years ago.
It stars on this ferry making its way to a small fishing village on remote island somewhere in the northern Atlantic. The main character, Sig, is a woman struggling with loss and has taken to free diving solo, which is dangerous, though she claims she does not want to die. She finds a half buried backpack with what appears to be a book with strange runes on it. She thinks nothing of it and takes the bag home hoping to find its owner.
On the other side of the island, Kathleen, who is 80+ years old stumbles upon a desecrated seamark, a cairn of stones that had been there since before she was born. After collapsing and being found by her grandson and Sig, Kathleen starts behaving violently. As her grandson walks her home Sig discovers that something has been dug out from beneath the cairn. Strange things start happening to the islands residents.
Such a good story! Definitely recommended for fans of Nordic landscapes and horrifying curses.