Segovia, Sofía
From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge
the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees
little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition
a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales
who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. As he grows up
Simonopio becomes a cause for wonder to the Morales family
because when the uncannily gifted child closes his eyes
he can see what no one else can -- visions of all that's yet to come
both beautiful and dangerous. Followed by his protective swarm of bees and living to deliver his adoptive family from threats -- both human and those of nature -- Simonopio's purpose in Linares will in time
be divined.