Publisher's Synopsis
October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel the Swedish navy. His instinct for his precise profession is reflected in the comfortable domesticity he enjoys with his wife - herself meticulous in every detail. When Tobiasson-Svartman alights on a barren skerry, presumed uninhabited, he is surprised to discover a young woman, Sara Fredrika. Despite her almost feral appearance, something about her strikes him to the core. When the Svea returns to Gothenburg, Tobiasson-Svartman remains haunted by his chance encounter, and he is now compelled to find any pretence to return to the remote islet.
