{"product_id":"prophets-of-the-ghost-ants-paperback","title":"Prophets of the Ghost Ants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClark Thomas Carlton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoth familiar and fantastic, Clark T. Carlton begins the epic Antasy saga with \u003cem\u003eProphets of the Ghost Ants, \u003c\/em\u003eexploring a world in which food, weapons, clothing, art--even religious beliefs--are derived from Humankind's profound intertwining with the insect world.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a savage landscape where humans have evolved to the size of insects, they cannot hope to dominate. Ceaselessly, humans are stalked by night wasps, lair spiders, and marauder fleas. And just as sinister, men are still men. Corrupt elites ruthlessly enforce a rigid caste system. Duplicitous clergymen and power-mongering royalty wage pointless wars for their own glory. Fantasies of a better life and a better world serve only to torment those who dare to dream. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne so tormented is a half-breed slave named Anand, a dung-collector who has known nothing but squalor and abuse. Anand wants to lead his people against a genocidal army who fight atop fearsome, translucent Ghost Ants. But to his horror, Anand learns this merciless enemy is led by someone from his own family: a religious zealot bent on the conversion of all non-believers . . . or their extermination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mix of Adrian Tchaikovsky's \u003cem\u003eShadow of the Apt\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eKatherine Addison's \u003cem\u003eThe Goblin Emperor\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand Phillip Pullman's \u003cem\u003eGolden Compass\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethis is a powerful new addition to the genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth familiar and fantastic, Clark T. 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