Christa Lind has been chosen to give birth to the exceptional child of the Ice People, destined to carry on the fight against Tengel the Evil. Her stepfather wants her to marry the widower Abel, a devout Christian, but he is twice her age and already has seven sons. Christa is far more drawn to Linde-Lou, the poor son of a smallholder, whose mysterious nature makes him utterly irresistible.