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Vera has loved volcanoes ever since growing up in Pedregal, a district of Mexico City situated in an ancient lava field. Later, as a courageous volcanologist, she explores these explosive primal forces until an eruption of Popocatépetl proves fatal. After her rescue, she can't remember the details. What exactly happened on the raging volcano? Is she responsible for the deaths of others? Returning to Germany, she ends up in a psychiatric hospital. Diagnosis: severe depression. She's completely incapacitated; she feels like a dormant volcano, only occasionally erupting again during manic episodes. Who or what can help her break free from this infernal crater? A gripping novel about depression that looks behind the seemingly petrified facades of those affected, aiming to foster understanding—including for their desperate loved ones.
