The Blacksmith and the Healer (2018)

Blacksmith and Healer - Escape
After the village of Kumpusaari is robbed, Nevina and Pirk have to flee the ruins of their home island as the only survivors. As if by miracle, young people get involved in the search and production of the mysterious and valuable new metal - iron. This is where Nevina and Pirki's escape from their home village begins in search of iron and a new home.

Milja Ketomäki's long-awaited third historical novel has finally been published. The novelty of Ketomäki takes the reader almost two thousand years back to the early Iron Age, a time when iron just arrived in the lives of the inhabitants of Pohjola; to tools and weapons. The events of the first part of the Blacksmith and Healer trilogy take place in the regions of Laatoka, Ääninen and Syväri, where nations meet. The author has built the story based on the latest historical information and his seemingly inexhaustible imagination. This is how it could have happened...