El cielo de la selva, by Elaine Vilar Madruga, is a Caribbean horror story about motherhood, women's bodies, and systems of violence that turn protection into condemnation.

The Jungle is a hungry god: a presence that protects those who live under its domain but demands the highest price in return. To survive, its inhabitants must offer their children as part of a cannibalistic and cyclical tribute, in a system of offerings where no woman can choose not to be a mother.

In this ruthless world, marked by guerrillas and drug traffickers, mothers are forced to raise their own children as future food. Vilar Madruga builds a terrible fable about imposed motherhood, flesh, sacrifice, and the loss of any rights over one's own body.