Who are you? went Sigurtsen, with a sigh. Do I know you? As soon as he had asked, he realised that he already had the answer. He knew who he was talking to. He knew what he was fighting. He made a superhuman effort. He drew his right shoulder back. He wanted to see his enemy’s face. Slowly, cautiously, he rolled over onto his back.
Behind him, there was no one to be seen.

A seemingly ordinary university professor with a normal life, Nid Immarskjöld Dugay hides a tormented mind behind a placid façade. Every little thing makes him nervous; his fellow man terrifies him. Every evening, because they beg him for it, he tells his daughters a never-ending story, a grim and cruel tale that betrays his secret obsession: Yagudin, a wicked evil-doer who terrorises the populace, snatching women and annihilating children.

One day, Nid is overcome by the product of his own imagination: Yagudin, the man with the pierced hands, crops up in his life and systematically undertakes its destruction. Obliged to find out who is hiding behind the flamboyant and enigmatic figure of the man who has ruined his life, Nid decides to hunt him down. This fast-paced, headlong pursuit becomes the odyssey of a man forced to confront his fears in a hostile and threatening world.

Suspense, humour, stunning style and a powerful imagination… impatient readers will be stupefied to find out who is hiding behind the horrible Yagudin.