The Black Madonna 03: The Calm before the Storm
The fever dreams had felt so... real. Did Magda experience the same night terrors before her disappearance? And what did Filip Kramer mean in his message on her answering machine? "Too late" for what?
The fever dreams had felt so... real. Did Magda experience the same night terrors before her disappearance? And what did Filip Kramer mean in his message on her answering machine? "Too late" for what?
Björn von Krusenstierna, well-respected businessman and book collector. James Carver, the man who gets you the rare tomes you need. What connects the two, aside from an affinity for expensive paper from the 17th century, is their friendship with Magda Orlova - a woman haunted by dark dreams...
Magda's apartment in Hamburg.
There is victory in the air; the Cold War has ended, Germany is reunified and the dissolution of the Soviet Union is imminent. Yet the citizens of Hamburg feel a profound sense of foreboding, as if a dark cloud hangs above the city. Our story is about to begin...