about the book
Witchfires is the third novel in The Shroud series.
A broke Icelandic medium and her psychic teenage daughter get caught up in crime investigations connected to the world of supernatural beings.
It is a mix of Nordic noir and urban fantasy, taking place in an alternate contemporary where the hidden world from folklore is in parallel with our world, but very few can interact with the beings: the elves, trolls, hidden people, ghosts, revenants, spirits, cryptids, monsters etc. Those who can interact with the supernatural are called sensitive. They are, for example, mediums, seers, witches and sorcerers.
Bergrún Búadóttir is a broke medium who’s divorced and consumed by her work, but currently faces a dry spell in employment. Brá Bjarkadóttir is Bergrún’s restless daughter who lives with her father’s family. Her unstable powers are manifesting. In each book there is a new case and a new theme, related to specific creatures and mysteries from Icelandic folklore. The series is correlated with the dramatic story of mother and daughter: their struggles, their relationship, their flaws and hopes and dreams. Their destiny.
