In a desolate land ravaged by ecological disaster, the shores of a toxic, shrinking lake are all that young Nami has ever known. After the death of his grandmother, he embarks on a perilous quest through a harsh and unforgiving landscape to find the mother who abandoned him years ago. Bianca Bellová's award-winning novel, The Lake, is a powerful and haunting dystopian tale of survival, a search for identity, and the enduring strength of the human spirit against all odds. It's a journey into the heart of a broken world and a boy's desperate search for belonging.