The Bell in the Lake

In the first installment of a compelling historical trilogy, set in Norway in 1880, headstrong Astrid yearns for a life beyond the confines of tradition. When Pastor Kai Schweigaard arrives to oversee the controversial replacement of her village's ancient stave church, tension builds as he contemplates the church’s destruction, tied to a family legend. Meanwhile, the arrival of cosmopolitan architecture student Gerhard Schonauer from Dresden presents Astrid with an enticing but uncertain future. As the church bells toll, she must navigate her loyalty to her homeland versus her dreams of liberation and change.