Secrets and revenge converge in this chilling tale from a breakout new Latin American voice

Lucas returns to his childhood home in rural Ecuador to discover that it has been taken over by two strangers. His mother’s beloved garden lies in ruins, the walls are slowly crumbling and the house that was once so alive seems to be rotting before his eyes. Lucas takes refuge in the dark underworld of insects, comforted by their beauty, their ingenuity, their perfection. Only they have survived the strangers’ invasion. Only they can help Lucas take revenge.

Part prose poem, part psychological thriller, This World Does Not Belong to Us is a captivatingly dark story about betrayal, regret and deception, from an explosive new literary talent.