Bomboncita

By D.K. Kristof

"The early maps named her La Infiel - the Unfaithful; the island that would not bend her neck to crown or cross."

A 2025 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite and 2025 International Impact Awards Winner, Bomboncita is a gorgeously imagined novelette of resistance and identity against the backdrop of a life ruled by politics and technology: inspired by the lush lyricism of Luis Pal s Matos and the haunting moral inquiries of classic Asimov.

Luisa "Bomboncita" Moraga is heir to the Presidency of Isla de la Reina Madre, a fiercely sovereign Caribbean nation that survived a global climate collapse to become the world's sole producer of cacao. Now an unexpected superpower, the island is ruled by a benevolent, authoritarian matriarchy. Smart, stubborn, and beloved, Luisa walks the fine line between duty and defiance.

When Luisa discovers a project in the form of an experimental robot-soft-spoken, curious, and startlingly alive-what begins as fascination evolves into something deeper.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5NC9C82
• ISBN13: 9798280397477
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"