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During the summer when the climate crisis intensifies beyond our worst nightmares and even in the Swedish countryside the forests burn, thousands of unsuspecting holidaymakers are trapped and the country is thrown into chaos. However, for many, life goes on and worldly problems seem to prevail: marital conflicts, adolescent love and family quarrels continue to be the main source of concern. Didrik, a father trapped in the fire while vacationing with his family, seems more concerned with playing the hero than getting his children to safety; Melissa, a young influencer in denial, responds to the crisis with a frivolous #choosehappiness on her social media, and André, the teenage son of a tennis star, takes advantage of the chaos to exact revenge on an absent father. Vilja, Didrik's young daughter, is the only one who takes a leadership role in the face of the ineptitude of the adults around her. Cowardice, denial, rage, bravery: what kind of person will you be when disaster knocks on your door? Following these four characters, each of whom embodies a different reaction to the crisis, Liljestrand offers us a novel in which suspense and tragedy mix with satire and challenges us brilliantly.