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A young lawyer from São Paulo takes refuge in the state of Acre to escape an abusive relationship and becomes interested in the murder of an indigenous teenager. There, she discovers the hypnotic and mysterious beauty of the jungle, but also its dark side...

Brazil, State of Acre. A young lawyer from São Paulo travels to this region, partially covered by the Amazon rainforest, to follow the trial of the murderers of a young indigenous girl. Once there, she discovers the hypnotic and mysterious beauty of the jungle, but also its dark side, the injustices and tragedies experienced daily by the local populations.

Initiated into the ancestral rituals of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon, including the use of ayahuasca, a powerful hallucinogen, the young woman embarks on a quest for justice, for the women around her and for herself.

Patrícia Melo's novel takes us on a journey between reality and nightmare, in an investigation where violence prevails over the law. By choosing to set her plot in the state of Acre, in the heart of the jungle, the Brazilian author shows the violence inflicted on women, but also on nature: those who are killed with indifference.