Jens’s dad is at war far away. Every day, Jens fears that he will get a horrible message about his dad. That he will never come home. Jens watches the news with his mother every night. He is afraid to pick up the phone when it rings. And he is afraid to open the door, when someone knocks. At school, they say that his dad is killing children. And one day, when Jens and his mom come home, the red light on the answering machine is blinking...

Kåre Bluitgen (b. 1959) is a Danish journalist and author of several books.