Howdoyouturnoldgoldintopricelesstreasure?Attheturnofthetwentiethcentury,Sigurlinafindsherselfinahopelesssituation.Sheisthemotherlessdaughterofaneccentricfather,whoexpectshertospendherlifehelpinghimcatalogueIcelandicarchaeologicalartifacts.ButSigurlinahasherownambitionsofeducationandexcitementandafteraharrowingexperience,takesfateintoherownhands.ShedisappearsfromReykjavik,alongwithahistoricalrelicfromherfather’scollection.Throughaseriesofincredibleevents,theartifactisunveiledatTheMetropolitanMuseumofNewYork.Meanwhile,officialsinIcelandlaunchtheirowninvestigationintothetheftoftheartifact.Atragicomictaleaboutthepreservationofculturaltreasure,anintriguingperspectiveonthecoincidencesthathavedeterminedtheirplaceinhistoryandathrillingandwindingstoryofthehumanfatesthatunderpinitall.
