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Strange things are happening on the remote and snowbound archipelago of St. Hauda's Land. Magical winged creatures flit around the icy bogland, albino animals hide themselves in the snow-glazed woods, and Ida Maclaird is slowly turning into glass. Ida is an ou[...]

Strange things are happening on the remote and snowbound archipelago of St Hauda's Land. Unusual winged creatures flit around icy bogland; albino animals hide themselves in the snow-glazed woods; jellyfish glow in the ocean's depths... And Ida MacLaird is slowly turning into glass.[...]

A mysterious metamorphosis has taken hold of Ida MacLaird - she is slowly turning into glass. Fragile and determined to find a cure, she returns to the strange, enchanted island where she believes the transformation began, in search of reclusive Henry Fuwa, the one man who might just be able to help[...]

Säregna saker händer på öarna i den avlägsna och snökalla skärgård som heter St. Haudas Land. Egendomliga bevingade varelser fladdrar förbi i de frusna myrmarkerna. Albinovita djur gömmer sig i de snöhöljda skogarna. Maneter lyser i havets djup. Och Ida MacLaird är sakta på väg att f�[...]

Sinä talvena St. Hauda's Landin syrjäisellä saariryhmällä nähtiin lentävän valkoisia variksia, suosta huhuttiin löytyneen läpikuultavia ihmisruumiita - ja Ida Maclaird muuttui hiljalleen lasiksi.

Nuori valokuvaaja Midas Crook törmää joulukuisena iltapäivänä metsässä harh[...]