Nthawi iliyonse timalingalira zakumverera kwa dystopian akubwera pa ife Monga thambo loyera, la poizoni zopeka zasayansi adapanga zopanda pake kuzinthu zomwe zimawoneka ngati zosakhazikika monga zowona.
Popeza kulephera kwathu kupondereza mabuleki osinthika osagwirizana ndi ogula (ovomerezeka m'ndende yokakamizidwa ndi mliriwu, momwe magawo osokonekera a kudalirana kwathu kudalira malonda athunthu apezeka), zomwe Maja Lunde akutiuza mu bukuli ndi chimodzi chisankho mu inertia yodziwononga nokha padziko lino lapansi.
Buku lowulula lonena zakusintha kwanyengo.
Mu 2019, Signe, womenyera ufulu wazaka makumi asanu ndi awiri, akuyamba ulendo wowopsa wowoloka nyanja yonse ndi bwato. Ali ndi ntchito yapadera komanso yowononga zonse: kupeza Magnus, wokondedwa wake wakale, yemwe akuthetsa madzi oundana akumaloko kuti agulitse ayezi ku Saudi Arabia ngati chinthu chapamwamba.
Mu 2041, David athawa ndi mwana wawo wamkazi, Lou, wochokera kumwera kwa Europe atawonongedwa ndi nkhondo ndi chilala. Adalekanitsidwa ndi banja lawo lonse ndipo ali pachisangalalo chofunafuna kuti apezenso wina akapeza sitima yapamadzi ya Signe yotayidwa m'munda wouma ku France, mamailosi kuchokera kugombe lapafupi.
David ndi Lou atazindikira zovuta zaulendo wa Signe, ulendo wawo wopulumuka umalumikizana ndi wa Signe kuti alole nkhani yolimbikitsa komanso yosangalatsa yokhudza mphamvu zachilengedwe ndi mzimu wamunthu.
Tsopano mutha kugula "La novela del agua", wolemba Maja Lunde, apa: