Worms / Torajyvät

Photo: Mikko Lehtimäki

From the Tammi/Elina Ahlbäck Agency Rights Guide:

Worms is an intensely emotional tale of the long shadows cast by the past and atonement for irreversible deeds. It is also a story about modern day people clinging to their blind faith in their own free agency as they are faced with the forgotten secrets of the past. On a barren island lurks the mysterious legacy of a shipwreck, marked by nine stone graves and a small, dilapidated chapel. These ghostly memorials conceal an ancient tragedy and an ideology in which a sinner is of no more worth than a worm crawling in the dirt. And on the island, that legacy appears to live on.

Marko’s blog post about the work of writing (Finnish, but with some fun pictures).

Read what the reviewers are saying (ENGLISH)

Sample available for publishers

Also read about Marko’s previous, terrifying work, Shrouds.

 

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