![]() ![]() As the snow gathers, the settlers' secrets are laid bare. Struggling to survive, the settlers are forced to come together, but Maija, not knowing whom to trust, is still determined to find answers. ![]() The seasons change, and the harshest winter in memory-known as a "wolf winter"-descends upon them. Meanwhile, young Frederika is pulled toward the mountain as well, feeling something no one around her seems to notice. Compelled to investigate despite her neighbours' unconcern, Maija is drawn into the history of tragedies and betrayals that have taken place on Blackasen. The community dismisses the death as a wolf attack, but Maija feels certain it was murder. While herding the family's goats on the mountain, Maija's elder daughter, Frederika, stumbles across the mutilated body of one of their neighbours, Eriksson. Above them looms Blackasen, a mountain whose dark history haunts the lives of those in its shadow. ![]() Maija, her husband and their two daughters arrive from their native Finland, hoping to forget the traumas of the past and put down roots in this harsh but beautiful land. ![]()
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