In the late 1920s, Melvin Z. Woodworth is an author with writers block and a mystery to solve. He takes a vacation to the Swiss Alps to try and kill two birds with one stoneand do some excellent hiking and skiing while he's at it. But the little village, so long slumbering on the wrong side of the Industrial Revolution, is threatened by a force of natureand, of course, contains secrets of its own. Coseys masterful graphic novel is presented here in full-color English translation for the first time: an ode to nature, culture, mythology, and a simpleryet riskiertime.