In a distant future in which humanity has mastered interstellar travel and expanded throughout the galaxy, the most habitable planets are occupied by the richest countries on Mother Earth, while the harsh and inhospitable planets are ceded to poor nations.

A multicultural detachment of corporate mercenaries, made up of women and men, is tasked with continuing the terraforming-abandoned ninety years ago under mysterious circumstances-of one of these second-rate planets, Cuicatlán, “the land of song, a mauve-colored world where the wind whistles constantly in a triple lament. Terraforming is a simple, automated process, but the planet holds a dangerous secret that has already claimed several lives, and what should have been a routine mission turns into a struggle for survival.

With a masterful handling of the personal dramas that humans carry with them wherever they go in the cosmos, The Cryof the Air transcends the boundaries of science fiction and delivers a dystopia full of strength, emotion, and originality.

With this book, Bef begins Kuk’aán, the saga of the mecanoids, a trilogy that speculates about the future, questions the present, and reveals our essence through our irresponsible use of technology.