A Flame in the North

Hide your children, draw them near, for tonight the demon comes. Down the mountain, through the woods, from afar the demon comes. Daub your doorways, brand your homes, for when the demon comes, His gaze will find you ‘ere you hide, and snatch you from your mother’s side and drag you off into the night, ‘ere the demon bides. A tenacious mother to a band of orphans. A mysterious warrior living in solitude. Only together can they stop the terrible evil that festers in the north and restore hope to a people on the brink of despair. Deep in the white lands of Nordenheim, tucked between forest and fjord in a village called Jul, Ingrid serves as caretaker and mother to children orphaned by the Great War that divided her homeland years ago and brought with it nameless horrors. As the winter solstice nears, the once peaceful village of Jul lives in terror of the Demon that stalks the mountains, seeking to steal their children away in the dark of night, drawn into the forest never to be seen again. When two young boys are taken, including one of Ingrid’s own, suspicions turn to the hermit who lives in solitude atop Jul’s highest peak. Some say he is the reason this curse has befallen them. Others say he is the Demon itself. As hope begins to diminish and fear takes hold, Ingrid sets out to do what others will not. She will find the man in the mountain, and if he is responsible for stealing away their children, she will put a stop to it. Will he be the monster she must slay, or is he the hero her people have been waiting for? In a world darkened by fear and terrorized by great, unseen evil, A Flame in the North is a tale of desperate and unyielding love in the face of great darkness and call to kindle the fires of hope in our hearts once more.