There exists a very strange tower within a very strange town. You'll probably never find it. Maybe you will, if you're lucky. (That is a lie, it's not a sign of luck to find the tower, please do not come looking for it.) There is, however, another way to find it - something strange and potentially horrible just has to happen to you. You see, those stories always find the tower, some way or another. By mail, by milk carton, by wind, by fax. It doesn't matter. The Librarian collects them all - or rather, in light of recent events, I should say that he used to collect them. For he is incredibly...

Håkon Jarlsvik, the Norwegian linguist behind the translations of the Brosmflesa stone and the Monte Cinto engravings, opens up to the world in this unexpected biographical account about his journey into archeological academia. He explores his own curiosity, hubris, and folly, as well as his bittersweet encounters with love. Get ready to delve into a new niche, Old Norse linguistic academia, alongside Norway's foremost linguist. The text has been compiled and edited for clarity by T. Tvedt on behalf of Jarlsvik.