The Descendants trilogy is Mats Söderlund’s first series for a younger audience. The trilogy mainly takes place in Skelleftehamn, in the north of Sweden, and we follow three siblings who discover that they belong to a people with extraordinary abilities. They are being drawn into an ancient conflict that might lead to the fall of humanity or its rescue. Their father is missing and their mother represents Sweden in the UN. The adventure takes the family to the Nordic countries, the world, and even further…

The series consists of three books: The Threat, The Struggle, The Escape. The first book, The Threat, was nominated for Norrlands Litteraturpris 2019.

The Escape is the grandios final part in The Descendants Trilogy. All the loose ends are tied together and Mats Söderlund makes no one disappointed, the thrill is staying until the very last page.