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Characters

Wanda Imhof

Tilda’s mother, lives 300 meters below the dam

Wanda Imhof is the mother of shift supervisor Tilda Imhof. She lives up by the switchbacks, 300 meters below the dam. She is short and sturdy and carries a cane she doesn’t need. She looks like her daughter, 30 years older: the same broad forehead, the same short, strong hands, only her eyes are lighter, almost colorless. On Thursdays she bakes, and on Fridays she brings Edith at the inn a loaf of bread wrapped in a cloth. When Tilda gets home late from the plant, Wanda texts her that the bread is still in the oven.

First encounter

• First noticed: comes into the inn with a loaf of bread under her arm and nods to the dog
• Speaks: briefly, without beating around the bush; “The oven doesn’t wait.”
• Object: the bread in its cloth, the cane

Connected to

• Tilda ImhofShift supervisor inside the mountain, hears what no screen shows
• Konrad ZieglerInnkeeper in Unterdorn and chief of the fire department
• UnterdornThe village below the dam, with one bridge out

Spoiler-free. This describes the starting point of the book named, without its major twists or resolutions.