Tímakistan

Sigrún and other children in a similar situation converge on the home of the only adult who is not in a time-box, a mysterious old woman called Svala.

The story explains that a male ancestor of Hrafntinna's was taught by three mysterious sisters to command animals by means of spells.

Dímon, overcome by sorrow and rage, is convinced by a mysterious accountant called Exel to use his power over animals to conquer the world in the name of his new daughter.

In the King's absence, his second wife Gunnhildur and a self-appointed monk, Ígull Kórall, use the unwitting Hrafntinna to establish a cult of the 'immortal princess', using her to control their people.

Dímon is killed by a popular revolt; Kári spends his life making another time-chest for himself in the hope of joining Hrafntinna in the future; and the city is abandoned.

Jakob discovers the secret of the time-chest, founds the company Tímax, and mass-produces his own time-boxes, leading adults to shun responsibility for their children and their society by simply waiting for bad times to pass, with terrible consequences.

The novel draws inspiration from folk- and fairy-tales (prominently Snow White) and medieval Icelandic legendary sagas.

[4] In the assessment of Dagný Kristjánsdóttir, the novel is characterised by environmentalism, in its message that human interventions in the natural order have bad results; perversions of power, particularly in late capitalism; the manipulation of popular opinion through religion, propaganda, and marketing; and the problematisation of ideas of childhood innocence.