!In ancestral Angola, a kingdom thrives on trust—until Luzala tells the first lie. What begins as a hunter's excuse unravels the social fabric of Ndongo. Kangambo, born from stones, sees opportunity in the chaos. Together they found the Order of the Shed Snake, while Teresa and Ndoki become the last bastions against a perverted truth. A powerful fable about how societies build their truths... and how those truths can devour us.