The troll lives in the forest, which is shrinking by the day. Her fate is tied to the earth, and she suffers for it.

Far away sits the power-hungry king. The townspeople fear him. They have little choice but to follow his orders, to slaughter the animals and cut down trees. To make it stop, the troll must punish them.

In the cracks, however, there is love, maybe even hope. Erik and Petra find refuge, and each other. Karoline turns to magic – and rebellion. Others try to stay alive in their own ways. But even those who want to help the troll can be betrayed by their own worst instincts. And the troll, trapped in her destiny, can make no exceptions.

Both timeless and urgent, surreal yet infinitely tender, Rasmus Daugbjerg’s dark fable is like a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale for our times.