Everlost

When he opens his eyes, there is nothing but darkness. Has he been buried alive? He slams his hands upward, bracing for wood, for some resistance, but there is none. Only emptiness.

Three strangers wake up in a dark space with no memory of how they got here. No sense of where here is, only that they’re locked inside. Who put them here, and why? And the most important question of all: how will they get out?

A violent storm rages in Ådalen. Rain is pouring down, rivers swell and roads are forced closed. Amid the chaos, three people disappear: a promising ski prodigy, a middle-aged social worker and a troubled young man with a messy past. Meanwhile, social worker Annie Ljung and police officer Sara Emilsson are recovering from a car crash. Only a few days have passed since the accident, but when Sara learns about the missing people, she defies medical orders and joins the ongoing investigation.

The police are at a loss – there is no clear evidence that a crime has been committed, and there are no obvious ties between the three missing people. No signs of struggle, no suicide notes, no packed bags. Have they fallen victims to the storm or is there something else going on?

When Annie learns the identities of those missing, she realizes that she has connections to more than one of them. Soon, one of Annie’s relatives disappears as well, and she feels she simply can’t sit idly by. Annie decides to search for the missing people herself, with the help of Sara. Together, they traverse dark forests and flooded roads to find something, anything that will lead them in the right direction. Meanwhile, in a suffocating darkness, the three strangers struggle to understand where they are and why. As panic gives way to resolution, a chilling truth begins to emerge – could the key to survival lie within themselves?

Time is of the essence, and Annie and Sara race to uncover the truth – will they find those missing before it is too late?

In Everlost,  Rolfsdotter combines folklore and local crime cases with social worker Annie Ljung at the head. It is a haunting tale of loneliness, balancing on the fragile boundary between light and darkness within the human soul, and the search for meaning in the face of despair. Here, Rolfsdotter delivers an utterly suspenseful story containing both an intricate crime case and an exploration of the human psyche.