On their first night of marriage, a wife tells her husband about an ancient curse on the women in her family that threatens a very specific calamity should their husbands lie. Skeptical, the husband decides to test the truth of the story.
Left in her aunt's care on a ranch at the edge of a burning wetland, 12-year-old Mia is desperate for her mother's touch. But in this volatile world, with the impending threat of a deadly jaguar, love comes in unexpected form.
A disease ravages a town, the affliction slowly morphing citizens into an octopus. With societal hatred towards those suffering building, a couple faces a choice: afford the medication to carry on living, or drink the water and suffer being shunned.
In a world where cars have legs and use the pavement as they please, a leisurely stroll can be stressful. Is there any way to share the road when there is no room?