Ophelia and Bernard are on Fingal’s island, where the top secret Crypto organisation is located. Why does Crypto want to keep all underwater monsters secret? And why does the organisation feel so familiar to Ophelia? It seems that Crypto is only telling part of the truth, and Ophelia decides to explore the island on her own. But time is running out, especially when it turns out that the aquarium boss is on his way!
Frost Mist is the fourth book in the Crypto series. The graphic novel is written and drawn by Hans Jørgen Sandnes, who is also behind the illustrations for the popular Detective Agency no. 2 books
Hans Jørgen Sandnes
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Hans Jørgen Sandnes (born 1979) is an illustrator, animator and cartoonist.
Together with Jørn Lier Horst he created the Detective Agency No. 2 books, which is Norway’s best-selling children’s universe in book form with a print run of over 1.7 million.
Hans Jørgen has illustrated classics such as Alf Prøysen’s Circus Mikkelikski and Anne-Cath. Vestly’s books The Big Book about Granny and the Eight Children and Twiglet. In 2020, he wrote the critically acclaimed biography Anne-Cath. Vestly alongside author and children’s book researcher Agnes-Margrethe Bjorvand. He has also illustrated the picture books The Most Amazing Thing and The Name Bearer, written by Maja Lunde.
In the spring of 2020, Hans Jørgen Sandnes debuted as author- cartoonist with Into The Deep, the first book in the Crypto series.
Hans Jørgen’s illustrations have been published in over 20 countries.
