Humans have changed the landscapes they inhabit since prehistory, and climate change means even the remotest places now bear the fingerprints of humanity. Through this enchanting narrative Aditha Dissanayake raises a clarion call to preserve the Rights of Nature. The story explores the magical world of plants and their companions through the journey of a twenty-four-year-old primary school teacher who has impulsively left behind her banker fiance in Colombo and travelled to her hometown, a tiny village in Kothmale. She is searching for ways to save her grandfather’s ancestral property, but what she finds is an unexpected truth about herself and the man she plans to marry. For peaceful, serene Mahyadde offers Kumi more than the penetrating brilliance of the mid-morning sun. It offers the mysterious Kavana, the environmentalist who holds the key not only to her future, but to her heart. An exotic novel about love, loss, and new beginnings, 10.34 affirms the dept of humanity’s relationship with nature and adds special urgency to the cause of protecting the environment and nourishes all living beings.