"In 1914, Lars Tobiasson-Svartman is covertly measuring the depths of Swedish coastal waters. A man of discipline, obsessed with exactitude, he is more comfortable on naval vessels than he is in his loveless marriage back in Stockholm. On one of his missions, Lars discovers a feral but beautiful woman living alone on a remote island. Passion, suspicion, and violence are awakened in him and soon he is living a double life - lying to his wife and his superiors and submerging himself in a pool of deception that has shocking consequences."--from back cover.