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"When the hymn swells heavily through the room, it is as if I am sleeping and only dreaming all that has happened since it happened; the war, the disgrace. But still, through it all I see the compassionate eyes of the Madonna and the gleam in her golden hair, and sometimes I think that I have seen a little of that compassion in a human being."The Great War is ending . A band of battle-worn soldiers flee across a burning Ukraine, riding at full speed towards the west from the collapsing Eastern Front. They carry a stolen icon—the mysterious Blue Madonna, and hold a secret that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.Years later the Madonna resurfaces—this time in a quiet villa outside Oslo. Soon after, one of the men who once escaped Olesko is found dead beneath her gaze.
"When the hymn swells heavily through the room, it is as if I am sleeping and only dreaming all that has happened since it happened; the war, the disgrace. But still, through it all I see the compassionate eyes of the Madonna and the gleam in her golden hair, and sometimes I think that I have seen a little of that compassion in a human being."The Great War is ending . A band of battle-worn soldiers flee across a burning Ukraine, riding at full speed towards the west from the collapsing Eastern Front. They carry a stolen icon—the mysterious Blue Madonna, and hold a secret that will haunt them for the rest of their lives.Years later the Madonna resurfaces—this time in a quiet villa outside Oslo. Soon after, one of the men who once escaped Olesko is found dead beneath her gaze.