Ørjan N. Karlsson

Ylva and the Teeming Darkness

Ylva og Myldermørket

Two red-haired girls disappeared from the fjord village, Saltstraumen, 33 years apart. Now, it​’​s been 33 years since the last one, and a ghost with flashing green eyes tries to drag Ylva into the fjord. She escapes, but the next day another red-haired girl from Ylva​’​s class, Beate, disappears. The whole village searches for Beate, but Ylva knows they won​’​t find her there. For she is no longer on Earth, but in Bifrost, kidnapped by the wizard Tha-Natos. Only Ylva can save her, but what if it​’​s already too late?
Soon, the Teeming Darkness will fall over Bifrost and the gates of evil will be opened. A beautiful, strange world is threatened by a deadly darkness. This book continues the series that began with The Night Mirror. The back of the book contains the beginning of a game, ​“​The Secret of the Desert Riverbed​”​, an exciting story in which the reader is the hero. The instructions for the game can be downloaded at www.​​bifrost.​​land.
Read the book ​— play the game!​​

Photo: Julie Pike

Ørjan N. Karlsson (b. 1970) grew up in Bodø. A sociologist by trade, he received officer training in the army and has taken part in overseas missions. He has worked in the Defence Ministry and is now a departmental manager in the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection. Karlsson has written a large number of thrillers, sci-fi novels and crime novels for adults.
Visit the author’s homepage at www.orjankarlsson.com.