Forest ranger and amateur historian Lance Hansen comes across a distraught naked man smeared with dried blood and close by the body of the mans murdered companion, both apparently Norwegian tourists. Lance soon gets entangled in a web of intrigue, revenge, and old unresolved conflicts, not the least agonizing of which is with his brother, whom Lance saw near the murder site before discovering the body. Followed by "Only the dead". 2014, c2013.