num_pages: 224
description: One mans search for his missing wife in a dystopian futuristic Helsinki that is struggling with ruthless climate changeIts two days before Christmas and Helsinki is battling a ruthless climate catastrophe: subway tunnels are flooded; abandoned vehicles are left burning in the streets; the authorities have issued warnings about malaria tuberculosis Ebola and the plague. People are fleeing to the far north of Finland and Norway where conditions are still tolerable. Social order is crumbling and private security firms have undermined the police force. Tapani Lehtinen a struggling poet is among the few still able and willing to live in the city.When Tapanis beloved wife Johanna a newspaper journalist goes missing he embarks on a frantic hunt for her. Johannas disappearance seems to be connected to a story she was researching about a politically motivated serial killer known as The Healer. Desperate to find Johanna Tapanis search leads him to uncover secrets from her past. Secrets that connect her to the very murders she was investigating...The Healer is set in desperate times forcing Tapani to take desperate measures in order to find his true love. Written in an engrossingly dense but minimal language The Healer is a story of survival loyalty and determination. Even when the world is coming to an end love and hope endure.
language: English
title: The Healer
publisher: Henry Holt and Co.