Marika Enstad
A young man ends up in the living room of a middle-aged woman whom he has met at a bar after closing. The very drunk woman gives an incoherent speech on feminism, Norwegian oil and global solidarity. She does not offend the Norwegian-ethnic man when she points out their common destiny as the oppressed where she is a woman and he is black.
Archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen discovers that the Oseberg ship hides a secret from the Viking Age. Along with his two children put Sigurd out on a quest to find the truth. The mystery leads them into "No Man's Land" between Norway and Russia where no man traveling in modern times. Old runes take on new meaning when the secret they uncover is more frightening than anyone could have imagined.
After his father is killed, Prince Valemon ascends the throne, only to be turned into a polar bear by a bitter witch who wants to be his queen.
