Self-Doomed: A Novel

In this early‑twentieth‑century tale, the elderly Master Fink welcomes a visitor and reflects on the tangled lives of his apprentice Gideon Wolf and the young Katrine Loebeg. His warm, conversational storytelling reveals a world where grief and hope sit side by side, as he muses on lost loves, the passage of seasons, and the quiet rhythms of a household that has endured change.

The narrative drifts into the unsettling presence of a new house‑keeper, whose pallid face and distant stare hint at unseen visions and whispered conversations with something beyond ordinary perception. Through Fink’s gentle yet probing observations, listeners are drawn into a layered portrait of memory, duty, and the thin line between sanity and mysticism—setting the stage for the conflicts and choices that will shape the characters’ futures.