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November 2014
On Sale: November 13, 2014
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Science Fiction
The setting is Earth of the far-flung future, when all
traces of our civilization have long vanished. The
catastrophes of distant ages -- natural and man-made -- have
passed into legend and mysticism. And yet ... the world is
no utopia. Technology is unknown. The animal kingdom as we
know it is extinct. Birds, reptiles, mammals -- all lost to
endless, unforgiving cycles of planetary death and rebirth. Humankind has clung stubbornly to existence -- thanks to a
perverse turn of Evolution. For as the weary planet became
inexorably depleted, our species adapted by growing smaller
with every passing eon, until at last we stood in parity
with the only other “higher” species to survive -- insects.
And just as our current society has domesticated animals to
sustain ourselves, the human societies of this future have
yoked insects to their service. Food, weapons, clothing, art
-- even the most sacred religious beliefs -- are derived
from Humankind’s profound intertwining with the once-lowly
insect world. In this savage landscape, men cannot hope to dominate.
Ceaselessly and viciously, humans are stalked by Night
Wasps, Lair Spiders, and Grass Roaches. And men are still
men. Corrupt elites ruthlessly enforce a rigid caste system
over a debased and ignorant populace. Duplicitous clergymen
and power-mongering Royalty wage pointless wars for their
own glory. Fantasies of a better life, a better world, serve
only to torment those who dare to dream. One so cursed is a
half-breed slave named Anand, a dung-collector of the midden
caste who, against all possibility, rises above hopelessness
to lead his people against a genocidal army of men who fight
atop fearsome, translucent Ghost Ants. And to his horror,
Anand finds that this merciless enemy is led by someone from
his own family ... a religious zealot bent on the conversion
of all non-believers ... or their extermination.
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