The novel follows one plucky little bee, Flora 717, from the moment she first breaks out of her wax cell and begins life in the hive. Thrilling, suspenseful and spectacularly imaginative, The Bees gives us a dazzling young heroine and will change forever the way you look at the world outside your win … ( more) Her deepest instincts to serve and sacrifice are now overshadowed by an even deeper desire, a fierce maternal love that will bring her into conflict with her conscience, her heart, her societyâ?and lead her to unthinkable deeds. She also finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum, where she discovers mysteries about the hive that are both profound and ominous.īut when Flora breaks the most sacred law of allâ?daring to challenge the Queen's fertilityâ?enemies abound, from the fearsome fertility police who enforce the strict social hierarchy to the high priestesses jealously wedded to power. She is allowed to feed the newborns in the royal nursery and then to become a forager, flying alone and free to collect pollen. With circumstances threatening the hive's survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw but her courage and strength are an asset. OL21558625W Page_number_confidence 94.97 Pages 400 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.13 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210519165028 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 285 Scandate 20210514034442 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781785411243 Tts_version 4.The Handmaid's Tale meets The Hunger Games in this brilliantly imagined debut set in an ancient culture where only the queen may breed and deformity means death.įlora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion.
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