Between snow, silence and madness In the endless forests outside Sweden's Jokkmokk, Dylan lives alone in his family's old house, secluded and forgotten by the world. Only one hope keeps him alive: that his sister Ella-Kajsa, the only one who has ever understood him, will return one day. But time is running out, because Dylan feels his heart getting smaller day by day. The doctors don't believe him, but Dylan knows: Soon it will stop beating. And then there will be nothing left of him. When a young boy wakes up one afternoon in Dylan's kitchen, an oppressive chamber play begins between two people who could not be more different - and yet are strangely connected. He trusts Dylan, the friendly bus driver who takes him to school every day. But Dylan is on the edge of the abyss. He fights against the darkness within himself - and the boy fights to get home safely. William Älgebrink's powerful prose interweaves the fairy-tale with merciless reality. A shocking story of despair, trauma and the search for salvation that will haunt you into your dreams. Where the cold dwells and the heart falls silent - that's where this story begins.