**Carachula: La Civilización Perdida de los Cañaris** is a literary novel by **Luis Ochoa Siguencia** inspired by the cultural memory of the Cañari people of southern Ecuador. Blending adventure, mystery, ancestral traditions and cultural reflection, the story follows Sayri Guamán as he returns to his community and embarks on a journey to discover the legendary city of Carachula. Inspired by Andean oral traditions and Ecuadorian Indigenous heritage, the novel explores cultural identity, collective memory, ancestral knowledge and the enduring relationship between people, landscape and history.