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Antlands (The Antlands Series Book 1) Kindle Edition
It seemed like a good idea… Genetically engineer a species of humanoid workers—strong, tireless, minimally intelligent—to become laborers for humans. What could possibly go wrong?
For a thousand years, humans have had to fight for their survival against the mute, feral "Ants," created as workers but now gone rogue, scavenging and slaughtering everything in their path.
The beleaguered humans, in the meantime, have evolved two distinct cultures. The disciplined, insular Foresters prioritize safety over personal freedom in their woodland strongholds, while the more individualistic Men embrace an urban lifestyle and are eager to reimplement the technology of past ages. Nominally allies against the Ants, the two groups deeply mistrust each other.
Deer, a despondent Forester soldier, is one of his people’s foremost authorities on Ants. He knows with perfect certainty that Ant-raiders never leave survivors. So how, amid the carnage of a raided Man-village, is one small girl still alive? She says her name is Anne; but who is she, and what is her secret?
Deer takes Anne to the forest to grow up, where years later, a horrifying revelation about her may provide a means for Men and Forester to finally defeat the Ants—but only if they can put aside their differences and work together.
Full of unforgettable characters, masterful dialog, and riveting scenes, Antlands is ultimately a story of hope, healing, and redemption.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJuly 1, 2020
- File size2946 KB
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- Antlands is an immersive, post-apocalyptic novel that will stay with you long after you finish it
- Filled with compelling dialog and vivid characters, Antlands is ultimately a story of hope, healing and redemption
- Ant-raiders never leave survivors. How, amid the carnage of a raided Man-village, is one small girl still alive? Who is she, and what is her secret?
Annasland
- Quarter Finalist, 2021 BookLife Prize
- Book 2 in the Antlands series, Annasland is a character-driven adventure story
- Told from River's point of view, Annasland explores timeless themes of love, prejudice and hate, loss and redemption
- A fun, engaging, and thought-provoking read
Farlands
- Book 3 in the Antlands series
- Running away from a crime she has just committed, fourteen-year-old Claire Dunn must eventually confront a disturbing mystery about herself
- Farlands is an adventure novel that explores themes of trust, self-awareness and coming of age in a post-apocalyptic setting
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- ASIN : B08B5JYZ9F
- Publisher : Genevieve Morrissey (July 1, 2020)
- Publication date : July 1, 2020
- Language : English
- File size : 2946 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 438 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1735109649
- Best Sellers Rank: #959,987 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,225 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction eBooks
- #3,257 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction (Books)
- #7,401 in Dystopian Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
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About the author
Genevieve Morrissey is a passionate student of British and American social history, but through one of those strange little quirks of fate she spends most of her days talking with scientists. In her ANTLANDS series, she explores a future history of societies coping with the loss of civilization—and attempting to rebuild it. MARRIAGE AND HANGING is her first historical crime novel, inspired by a true incident in 1832 New England.
She enjoys reading obscure books, travel, good cooking, and solitude.
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Customers enjoy the storyline. They find it engaging with a fascinating premise and memorable characters. The story develops and keeps their interest, following a strict plotline that helps readers follow it. Readers find the story satisfying and thought-provoking, though it feels like an apocalypse novel at times.
"...Why? Antlands is a sprawling, ambitious thought experiment. Intermittent references to the Ancients (us!)..." Read more
"...Remarkably, and very pleasingly I discovered an extremely enjoyable story of the re-establishment of civilization after an apocalyptic experiment in..." Read more
"...Lovely characters, beautiful world building, and just a pleasure to read through! Can’t wait to read Annasland the next book in the series!" Read more
"...The characters are well developed and the author follows a strict plotline that helps readers follow her outline." Read more
Customers enjoy the character development. They find the story charming and compelling, illustrating the best how people grow.
"...It is sometime allegorical, but always a compelling story of “people” and their strengths and weaknesses. A lovely bedtime read." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2021Antlands is set in the future, in the world that resulted after human biology was merged with ant intelligence to create an inexpensive and highly efficient alternative labor source. The scheme went horribly wrong, of course. In the story’s present, humanity has largely returned to a pre-modern condition, and one in which surviving Ant raids is the primary focus of day-to-day life and study.
Ants are marauding, meat-seeking creatures—but with the advantages conferred by opposable thumbs and weaponry, and by a social organization in which decisions are collective and individual life is expendable. The Ants are indeed as hardworking and efficient as their inventors intended them to be, but now those qualities are directed against the remaining humans.
The humans have organized themselves into two groups: Foresters and Men.
Foresters are peaceful, communitarian, and scholarly, and the forestlands serve as the story’s primary setting.
But we also learn about Men. They, too, value knowledge, but they are ambitious and covetous, and their scholarship emphasizes the applied sciences. Consulting salvaged books, they reinvent the telegraph and begin devising plans for human modification and cloning experiments. (So much for learning from history). They also carry forward many of ancient humankind’s vices, such as drinking and eating to excess, accepting social inequality as a given, and regarding each other—and, of course, Foresters—with a vigilant suspicion.
This suspicion notwithstanding, bilateral communication and information sharing arrangements between Men and Foresters are deemed necessary for human survival against Ant invasions. Emissaries from the Forestlands travel to the settlements of Men. (Scenes from these encounters will for many readers raise irresolvable questions similar to those posed in Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1974 The Dispossessed.)
We learn early in the story of the brutality of invading Ants. An entire community slaughtered. Only one person, 9-year old Anna, is spared. Why?
Antlands is a sprawling, ambitious thought experiment. Intermittent references to the Ancients (us!) offer disorienting pleasures similar to those of classics such as Horace Miner’s “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” and David Macaulay’s Motel of the Mysteries.
The ending leaves the reader in a state of suspension that is itself satisfying and thought-provoking. But most readers won’t hang there for long and will instead quickly follow the story into Book 2.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2020Triracial distopia. Humanity has split into three races. Ants, originally bred as quasi slave workers that rebelled against their masters, Foresters, communal living humans, and Men, self sufficient, individualistic city dwellers. Men and Foresters maintain an uneasy alliance against Ants. And we're off to the races.
Well written, well paced story, worth reading. A very promising start to the series.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2021When I learned of this new series by an unknown author, I had no idea of what I would find. Remarkably, and very pleasingly I discovered an extremely enjoyable story of the re-establishment of civilization after an apocalyptic experiment in genetic engineering. The Ants, the intended servile “species” revolted and almost annihilated man. Survivors, “foresters” and “men” established new colonies; foresters based on altruistic principles and men, well, behaving like men. The story of the rescue of a “half-ant” (one half-man) and her integration into the forester society is one of challenge, adoption and finally recognition of the special contribution that the half-and, Anne/Anna would make first to the foresters and ultimately to men. This is a charming story of characters whose development illustrates the best, and sometimes less than best of “people”. It is sometime allegorical, but always a compelling story of “people” and their strengths and weaknesses. A lovely bedtime read.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2021An amazing book about a post-apocalyptic earth, in a truly unique twist to the standard of the genre! Many times I was left wondering where the book was headed, where the story might turn next, and this is a very good thing! Too many times have I guessed the ending of a book before I’ve even finished the first chapter, but this left me guessing and speculating the whole time! Lovely characters, beautiful world building, and just a pleasure to read through! Can’t wait to read Annasland the next book in the series!
- Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2021While it does have some originality and many character plots, this novel seems to follow the story path most zombie apocalypse novels and the 100 series follow. No, there are no zombies, and the antagonists are new idea, but the story still feels like an apocalypse novel. The characters are well developed and the author follows a strict plotline that helps readers follow her outline.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2020Enjoyed the storyline. Took me a few chapters to understand that the setting was centuries in the future as our current civilization self destructed hundreds of years prior. Humans are now divided into colonies and are fighting human engineered clones created by the 21st century for purpose of manual labor and have now turned into roving bands of murderers. Story develops and keeps your interest.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2021I really enjoyed this book. It was/is a departure from my normal reading. It's got a bit of everything, with SciFi, an apocalyptic future, and tribes of people....WITH CLONES! It was really well thought out, and I read it in just a few days. Buying book 2 now!
- Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2021Pedestrian and predictable. Pass.
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- Adam SymchukReviewed in Canada on August 10, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully written dystopian sci-fi that will appeal to a broad audience
In Genevieve Morrissey’s “Antlands”,society has seen a great reset to darker ages after man's creation of ‘ants’ (worker drones created to do manual labor) revolted and killed off a large amount of the population. As a result, society has been split into three classes: Ants, Man and Forester. Foresters, who live in communities deep within the trees have opted for a life free of vice and based on community living. However, when a young woman, Anne, is rescued by the forester known as Deer the lives of the secluded community transforms as they learn about Anne’s gifts and connections with both ant and man.
The first book in a series, "Antlands" proves Morrissey to be a profound talent in navigating the realm of science fiction with universal appeal. Building off of the admirable and virtuous Anna, the title seems perfect for the YA market with a strong female at the center of conflict. Conversely, when the focus is on Deer the tone takes a more mature approach with a narrative and prose that reflects a deep wisdom born of loss of family and the horrors of war. Furthermore, the world only being slightly removed from our own reality makes the science fiction elements digestible for those outside of the fandom - the book can be enjoyed by anyone at any age.
The narrative switches between Anna and Deer, as the two begin to take on important roles within the Forester community and must part ways. While the book begins by building the strong relationship between the two, by the end both become entangled in key roles to keep the community safe from an incoming threat. Consequently, the reader is given great insight into the world driven by these two charismatic personas. Words of wisdom from each making for touching moments of insight into the turbulent situation they all face. Overall, the back and forth flow between the two deeply engaging personas makes for an ideal page turner.
Ending on a tense note, the first book perfectly sets up the follow up in “Annasland” - which I am excited to dive into. Ultimately, Morrissey proves herself to be a strong voice in science-fiction whose prose and characters have the potential to appeal to a broad audience. A deeply engaging read I won’t soon forget!
- Martin24Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Avid reader
I really enjoyed reading this book and will read the others as need to know how it ends what will happen to Anna heron and Anna’s ants if you like unusual stories then this is the book for you well written beliavable character and a great story well done
- Thats RichReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2022
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful.
Bit of a slow one to get into this one. Well, for me at least. Once I did though I really enjoyed it. The world building and set up is wonderful and I found myself getting fully drawn into it.
Looking forward to reading the next book.
- Kindle CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful book
A thoroughly good read, with loveable characters. A sincere look at human society, and thought provoking analysis of the human condition. Loved every moment
- Scottie GirlReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth a read
Loved the whole book and looking forward to more, kept me up all night, can't wait to start Annasland now