The Midnight Sun
CBC Books | CBC | Posted: April 7, 2017 4:46 PM | Last Updated: July 10, 2017
Cecilia Ekbäck
Sweden, 1855. There's been a massacre on one of Lapland's mountains: a priest, a law enforcement officer and a local settler have been slaughtered by one of the Indigenous Sami people. The murderer is in custody, but he refuses to talk. The minister of justice dispatches his son-in-law, a geologist, to investigate, as Blackåsen is a mountain with many secrets, a mountain whose rich mineral deposits have never been exploited. But Magnus does not journey alone. The minister's daughter, in disgrace, is sent with him.
The two unlikely companions venture out of the sweltering city to the wild landscape of Sweden's far north under the strange, insomnia-inducing light of the midnight sun. There, the shocking truth they discover about the murders and what lies behind them will only be matched by what they discover about themselves. For Lovisa and Magnus — and for the people of Blackåsen — nothing will ever be the same again. (From HarperCollins)
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Blackåsen, Spring 1856
In death, something departs. Life — yes, yes — but also something physical. Why else would a person's bulk shrink so? Their chest caves in, their arms shrivel, their legs shorten... The skin droops and the palate blackens. It is clear that there remains nothing but the dry shell of a nut.
At the Resurrection, we are told, Jesus will return to wake the Faithful. What will He do if He finds them incomplete?
This is what I first think when I see Nila's body.
From The Midnight Sun by Cecilia Ekbäck ©2017. Published by HarperCollins.