Antuna's Story
The Antunite Chronicles - Book 1
by Terry Birdgenaw
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Pub Date 16 May 2022 | Archive Date 25 Sep 2022
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Description
Imagine yourself sucked through a wormhole.
Could you thrive on a far-off planet?
You'll love Antuna's Story because she knows the secret to survival.
Antuna understands her multi-insect colony must work together to flourish.
But what happens when evil forces corrupt her world?
Antuna and her unlikely bee, spider, and termite pals face struggles between instinct and intelligence, and altruism versus aggression.
Can diversity triumph over discrimination, and inclusiveness trump segregation?
A tale where the joy of friendship is eclipsed by the horrors of war.
Will Antuna save her friends from impending doom?
Find out here!
Advance Praise
A GOLD BADGE WINNER - SIMPLY OUTSTANDING!
Birdgenaw combines riveting adventure and masterful world-building in his debut, the first book in The Antunite Chronicles.
When a sudden apocalyptic event transports Antuna, a tiny ant, and a few other species of insects to a far-off planet, survival becomes a priority. There is only one way that the survivors can stay alive: Make a team and work together to find food and shelter. In the face of distrust for other species, it's up to Antuna to bring everyone together and begin the work. Birdgenaw crafts an elaborate apocalyptic tale from a deceptively simple plot. Antuna is a spirited, intelligent, and driven ant whose passion for hard work and helping others makes her a worthy protagonist. Supporting characters are fascinating—beautifully drawn and compelling as they endure loss and pain, hard work and success, bravery and triumph, and terror. Their hard-won victory towards the middle is clearly only a brief respite before they must unite against their formidable enemies.
The pacing is measured, the storyline intriguing, and the desolate Poo-ponic provides the perfect backdrop for an apocalyptic setting. This charming, engrossing tale set in a vividly realized apocalyptic world is a thorough page-turner and will appeal to fans of finely constructed SF stories." - BookView Review
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"ENGROSSING AND ADDICTIVE . . . Unquestionably solid.
Well-crafted prose, deft characterization, and a precise eye for details mark Birdgenaw's debut installment in The Antunite Chronicles series.
A wormhole appears out of nowhere in Earth's atmosphere, transporting several Earth insects to an alien planet, Poo-ponic. Little Antuna, a young ant, finds herself at the brink of death but is saved by a tiny spider Spifry. But that's just the beginning of the problem for Antuna as well as others: Poo-ponic is barren, and it seems nothing grows on it. The insects must unite and come out with a solution if they want to stay alive. Antuna, with her resilience and plucky determination makes for a compelling protagonist. The secondary cast engage readers' sympathies as they struggle with their fears, self-doubts, insecurities, grief, complex motivations, and conflicting agendas. The characters' interpersonal dynamic is rooted in reality, and layer upon layer is added to the story with a deft examination of discrimination, gender roles, solidarity, and colonization.
Beautifully written and meticulously detailed, this thoroughly engrossing SF tale combines insect encyclopedia with unity, resistance, resilience, love, trust, and adventure. A definite winner." - The Prairies Book Review
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781778151613 |
| PRICE | US$3.99 (USD) |
Links
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Featured Reviews
Bookseller 1037196
Quite the allegory for modern times. I truly wasn’t terribly interested in reading a story about literal ants, but I was very pleasantly surprised and will likely read the other books in the series. Due to how different this book is, it is difficult to write about without spoilers. With that said, I highly suggest parents reading it with their child. There are MANY moments in this book that can be used for teaching your children important lessons on life. You will see how prejudice and injustice form from tiny, seemingly insignificant seeds, to something of monumental importance. The same seeds form with war and the like. You can teach how it is imperative to stop these seeds before they have a chance to grow. There are also many silly and lighthearted moments that can be enjoyed with your child.
While it isn’t necessarily the book for me, with the right audience it will soar.
Natalie P, Reviewer
Wow! I was impressed by this story.
This story is told from insects POVS. Four insects make friends and are teleported to a new world where they must learn to work together and overcome war.
Spiders, termites, ants and bees are the main insects and how they overcame and died for their cause.
I loved the originality of this story and how it showed things that human beings never see in their homes and their interactions.
I can't wait to read the next book and see what interesting things we will find out in that one.
Highly recommended
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