“The King and his men stole the queen from her bed
And bound her in her bones
The seas be ours and by the powers
Where we will, we’ll roam”

Maelstrom is a celebrated violent current in the Arctic ocean, near the western coast of Norway, between the islands Moskenäsö and Mosken, formerly supposed to suck in and destroy everything that approached it at any time, but now known not to be dangerous except under certain conditions. Certainly one in which the pursuit of a solution leads to other questions, problems, and pursuits…

A book cover designed for crime fiction.