Hector, a young Zapotec, is left to die in the sealed tank of a water truck after a border crossing goes wrong. With his friend Cesar slipping away, a single phone connection becomes Hector’s only lifeline and a way to tell the story of how he arrived there.

The narrative moves between the desperate present and an older Mexico: family memory, a jaguar icon passed down by an archaeologist, and the corn myths that shape a people's identity. Cesar’s research into genetically modified corn reveals a corporate threat with deep cultural and economic stakes for indigenous communities.

Part literary thriller, part mythic meditation, the novel interrogates migration, science, and cultural survival with urgency and quiet power.

Key themes

• Migration and survival under extreme peril
• Indigenous myth, memory and identity
• Biotech, corporate power and cultural loss

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