When an herbalist�s quiet mountain expedition cracks open the earth, he plunges into a world stitched from dream stuff and danger. In a cavern's depths, a mercury-skinned nymph guides him past enchanted forests and sugar-scented traps to witches both wondrous and wicked. He marries one for 104 days�time enough to lose himself. But escape is only the beginning. A king's grave beneath Viking soil hides a medallion pulsing with ancient magic, while real life awaits above. Yet home feels stranger than the worlds below, especially when he meets her: the perfect woman with familiar eyes and forgotten shadows. Because she isn�t just anyone�she�s secretly the witch who haunted his darkest dreams!