The Bees Laline Paull by Laline Paull 9780062331175, 0062331175, B00G2BAPJW instant download after payment.

Enter a whole new world, in this thrilling debut novel set entirely within a beehive

"Told with rapturously attentive imagination...Few novels create such a singular reading experience.”  -  The New York Times Book Review

Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora 717 is a sanitation bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living to accept, obey and serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy mother, the Queen. But Flora is not like other bees. Despite her ugliness, she has talents that are not typical of her kin. While mutant bees are instantly destroyed, Flora is removed from sanitation duty and is allowed to feed the newborns, before becoming a forager, collecting pollen on the wing. She also finds her way into the Queen’s inner sanctum, where she discovers secrets both sublime and ominous.

Flora's ascent disturbs the hierarchy of the swarm, incensing powerful enemies. But when she feels compelled to break the most sacred law of all, Flora's desperate struggle for survival will change her destiny and her world.

"Fascinating… engrossing… Paull’s clear fascination with her source material brings humanity and warmth to a depiction of the remarkable social world of bees, which is no small achievement."  -  Huffington Post

Laline Paull's chilling yet ultimately triumphant novel creates a luminous world both alien and uncannily familiar. Thrilling, suspenseful, and spectacularly imaginative, The Bees and its dazzling young heroine will forever change the way you look at the world outside your window.