En las manos, el paraíso quemaEffervescence and nostalgia: a novel about friendship in a world doomed to collapse Rita lives in the Colony, at the top. From there, she contemplates the town sunk in the valley, and the forests that, suddenly, begin to burn. Liton, who grew up in the city, puts out the fires along with the rest of the Service boys. This novel follows the story of two friends: in a world headed towards collapse, Rita and Lton transform friendship into hope.