After a three-year absence, former policeman Harry Hole returns to Norway to investigate another murder. This time he is driven by deeply personal motives: the accused is the son of his former lover Raquel. Harry knew Oleg as a child and is now ready to fall to pieces to prove his innocence. Since the murdered man was a drug dealer, Harry begins searching in this direction. During his unofficial investigation, he learns of the existence of a mysterious man running a local drug network. Nobody knows his name. He appears out of nowhere, like a ghost, gives instructions, executes and pardons, and then disappears again. His assistants act harshly and kill without hesitation. Harry understands that only by getting close to this ominous “ghost” will he be able to help Oleg...For the first time in Russian!