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Books to Read Before You Die: Prophet of the Termite God
Part II of Clark Thomas Carlton’s fantastic ‘Antasy Series’ trilogy is a masterful work of fantasy fiction that entertains, beguiles and fascinates
Author’s Note: This is part of my ongoing “Book to Read Before You Die” series.
To see the previous installments in this category, please see:
Think of some of the most fantastic worlds imaginatively created by science fiction and fantasy writers — such as Avatar’s exomoon Pandora, or David Lindsay’s planet Tormance, or China Miéville’s steampunk city New Crobuzon, or the fantastic Earth-Moon vegetative system that develops in Hothouse by Brain Aldiss.
Now, what if I were to tell you that there is a real world that is easily 10-fold more colorful, bizarre, exotic and exciting than anything above — but that this world is not only 100% real — it is also here right now on planet Earth?
Well, there is such a weirdly fantastic world. It’s the realm of insects.
Now imagine that humanity had somehow shrunk to insect size, such that riding an ant…
