The Amaranth Maze

<p>A legend of a long-dead murderer buried in a mysterious maze. A cruel childish trick gone wrong. A dangerous vow made in trust by a shy and lonely young boy. And somewhere in the idyllic Swedish countryside a centuries-old entity is summoned from its thorny grave.</p><p>Fourteen years later twenty-two-year-old Fredrik Niequist returns from his travels a brilliant financier who intends to break new ground in the Swedish agricultural industry by commercializing local nature magic. He is also newly engaged to a wealthy childhood friend in a cynical and loveless partnership.</p><p>Twenty-year-old Lauris Ahlberg meanwhile turns his mind to botany as a promising apprentice to an English botanic occultist. As he studies a flower species displaying marks of the night world he realizes the tainted flowers' sudden appearance near his home and the ominous pattern they form signify a terrifying presence coming from a familiar source.</p><p>When Fredrik and Lauris cross paths again old wounds break open and promises of forever after ring hollow as the two awkwardly rekindle their friendship. And in the meantime a creeping threat takes physical shape breaking past its prison of thorns in order to lay claim to what has long belonged to it.</p>