A young man living in a room in Lavapiés , struggling with frustrated aspirations. He ends up suplanting the identity of a food delivery driver named Nicolás . Key Themes

Set in contemporary Madrid, the story is described as an "urban love story told at cannon blast". It follows the lives of two people from opposite ends of the social and emotional spectrum:

Rayden blends poetry, theater, and tragicomedy to describe a modern romance where truth eventually surfaces "like a mosquito in juice".

The novel is a tribute to those who are different and "improbable". It explores how two seemingly incompatible people—a "cactus" and a "balloon"—can manage to close the gap between them without destroying one another.

A woman who works in her family's small flower shop in the Malasaña neighborhood. Despite her name (which means "desert"), she loves flowers and represents the "cactus"—guarded, perhaps prickly, but resilient.