El silencio de la lavanda

Raúl is sixteen and facing a summer he does not want. Forced to leave the city and his friends behind, he must move with his parents to the old family house in a remote village in rural Spain, surrounded by endless fields of lavender. To him, the idyllic landscape feels like nothing more than a prison.

Everything changes, however, when he meets Roberto, a young local man hired to help restore the house. A single exchange of glances is enough to unleash an inner storm that Raúl does not know how to confront. Unknown feelings rise to the surface, challenging his fears, his certainties, and the image he has of himself.

In a setting as beautiful as it is unforgiving, Raúl begins a journey of self-discovery where desire and fear struggle without respite. Because there are summers that change everything, and loves that leave a mark forever.

An intense and luminous story about growing up, loving, and daring to be true to oneself. The debut novel by Tony Muñoz, finalist for the 2025 Diverse Literature Award.