Lain varjolla: Romaani Perä-Pohjolasta

In a remote corner of Lapland, a weather‑worn homestead clings to a rugged shoreline where the river rushes from steep ravines into a wide, shallow basin. The house, long tended by resilient nature‑maids and sheltered by the mist of the river’s mouth, has survived harsh floods and thin soils that barely yield grain. Its current keeper, an octogenarian preacher, once a zealous shepherd of a revival movement, now spends his days traveling the barren north, proclaiming his faith with a voice that still stirs those who hear it.

Inside the house, his wife Rebekka balances his fire with quiet devotion, while their children grow under the shadow of his uncompromising doctrine. Their youngest son, Perttu, watches his father’s fervor turn into an almost sickly obsession, even as the once‑thriving congregation dwindles and the movement teeters on the brink of collapse. Against this backdrop of fierce landscape and fading spiritual fervor, Perttu’s own path begins to take shape, hinting at the personal struggles that will define his life.