The Bees
12 hrs. 31 min.
Description
This gripping debut novel is set in a beehive.
Born into the lowest class of society, Flora 717 spends her whole life working as a sanitation bee in a hive in an orchard. The meaning of her existence is to obey and serve; she is ready to sacrifice herself for her beloved benefactress, the Bee Queen.
But Flora is different from the other bees. Despite her ugliness, she possesses special talents. Although mutant bees are usually killed immediately, Flora manages to survive; from sanitation duty she is transferred to the nursery to feed newborns, then she becomes a pollen gatherer. She even manages to enter the Queen’s chambers, where she learns a great terrible secret.
Enemies surround her everywhere, from fierce drone police to the high priestess who guards the Hive Mind. And when Flora breaks the sacred law, her instinct to serve gives way to a stronger feeling: all-consuming love that will lead her to unimaginable consequences…
Frightening yet at the same time filled with exultation, Laline Paull’s novel reveals to us an alien and at the same time strangely familiar vivid world. The Bees is a gripping story about a heroine who is desperately trying to survive and ultimately changes her fate.
Born into the lowest class of society, Flora 717 spends her whole life working as a sanitation bee in a hive in an orchard. The meaning of her existence is to obey and serve; she is ready to sacrifice herself for her beloved benefactress, the Bee Queen.
But Flora is different from the other bees. Despite her ugliness, she possesses special talents. Although mutant bees are usually killed immediately, Flora manages to survive; from sanitation duty she is transferred to the nursery to feed newborns, then she becomes a pollen gatherer. She even manages to enter the Queen’s chambers, where she learns a great terrible secret.
Enemies surround her everywhere, from fierce drone police to the high priestess who guards the Hive Mind. And when Flora breaks the sacred law, her instinct to serve gives way to a stronger feeling: all-consuming love that will lead her to unimaginable consequences…
Frightening yet at the same time filled with exultation, Laline Paull’s novel reveals to us an alien and at the same time strangely familiar vivid world. The Bees is a gripping story about a heroine who is desperately trying to survive and ultimately changes her fate.
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