Confused and irritable, Thorkell waded out across the harbour and dug up the strange object stuck there. Even before he rolled it over, he knew it was a body. What caught him unpleasantly by surprise was the identity of the victim. When he washed the mud off, he found a slack face beneath that was horribly familiar. It was Sigvald Strut. The shock made him drop the corpse and stagger backwards. He shot a bewildered look back at the jetty...