It's 1985, and the young and ambitious Kristian Hadeland is moving from Norway to London to study photography. He throws himself headfirst into the bustling art scene and finds himself at a crossroads--ultimately deciding to pay any price for success in his early career, willing to sacrifice everything and to stop at nothing.

Twenty-four years later, Kristian has achieved everything he's ever desired. Now an art photographer with a major retrospective in New York City, he sees his world around him begin to crumble as his past catches up to him and he faces his evil fate.

In a thrilling twist on Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, and set in the occult universe of The Morning Star, The Wolves of Eternity, and The Third Realm, Knausgaard masterfully spins a dark cautionary tale about the lengths we will go to achieve success--and how far we are willing to fall.