War makes things of people. The Jungle and the Sea is about a family who refuse to become things while they are still alive.

Since the death of her husband, Helene Alving has been treading water in a sea of empty days. She believes that salvation lies in telling her son the truth about his father. But the consequences of his father’s life have caught up with him…

Nikolai Ivanov is losing his mind. But one afternoon at a local birthday party, a glimmer of a new life reveals itself...

Thebes, the morning after a war. The new king takes the first step of his government, while a young woman slips out of the city to bury her brother’s body. Her act of devotion destroys the ruling family and brings the state to its knees.