She inherited a dead woman's power. Now she must solve a murder—or become the next victim. Runa never wanted to be a seeress. At nineteen, she's barely mastered the smoke and lies that kept her predecessor alive. When Chieftain Harald drags her to a remote fjord village to investigate his son's ritualistic murder, she discovers something terrifying: the carved rune on the body isn't divine judgment—it's a human hand covering its tracks. With a village baying for blood and her own visions threatening to consume her, Runa has three days to find a killer who's already framed the perfect scapegoats. But in a world where magic is performance and truth is dangerous, the wrong answer won't just destroy her reputation. It will cost her everything. A Norse-inspired fantasy mystery for readers who love atmospheric settings, reluctant investigators, and the deadly line between illusion and truth.