We are in the New Era. Twenty years have passed since the risk of planetary slavery was averted. Twenty years have passed since the victory was celebrated, thinking that the evil would never come back. Twenty years have passed from exhausting struggles against an enemy who didn't want to give in at any cost. Now, there are calm days, past misadventures are a bad memory but ... until when? Amanda, recovering Albert's manuscript, will discover that the nightmare is not over, and the life of her beloved Karl, now almost thirty, is still in danger. 
Meanwhile, the Black Angel, the damned of Grunaak, is sent to Castaryus in search of the Sacred Parchment, while, at the far periphery of Silkeborg, the Kallen have to do with an olive tree that, among the pines and fir trees, was born and grew disproportionately. This is quite unusual for the environment and the harsh Danish climate. It is a mystery that nobody can explain. The tree grows relentlessly from year to year, it almost seems that it draws energy from something ... and maybe it is really so.