Trying to avoid my own demons, I turned to volunteering and the artistic photography that fed that need.
A prison rehabilitation programme brought me to Elias Crane, a quiet inmate facing a murder charge, with a poet's way of speaking and a sky-bright gaze.
What began as one photograph became an exchange of letters, then increasingly frequent visits, then a connection far more dangerous than I had expected.
When I finally understood what he truly was, the prison no longer contained him, and my own freedom was already gone.
Set in Norway's frozen wilderness, this dark psychological captive romance traces trauma, obsession, emotional manipulation, and a morally grey love that includes graphic content and non-consensual themes.
