Lost in the Arctic waste, carrying a baby whose love he could never deserve, Larten faces the darkest time he has ever known—and the blackness of an abyss both imagined . . .and real. But hope has a way of shining through even the smallest of cracks, and just as Larten reaches the end, a new beginning presents itself, as faces from the past join the blossoming of a new romance. The trouble is, for Larten, the violence of his youth is never far from the surface . . . and those he loves are the ones he hurts the most. As Larten experiences heaven and hell, and he tries to save the soul of a child, the question is: can he save his own?