In the 30th century, an off-world expedition brings back a giant termite with a behavior that suggests intelligence. During the planning for a first-contact expedition, Kaitrin Oliva, a linguistic anthropologist, falls in love with the entomologist-leader, a complex man hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, civil discord is brewing on the termite planet as the Queen's Chamberlain plots a murder ...
The Termite Queen
The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Termite Queen.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 131,320.
Language:
English.
Published: April 5, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Literature » Literary
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
In the 30th century, an off-world expedition brings back a giant termite with a behavior that suggests intelligence. During the planning for a first-contact expedition, Kaitrin Oliva, a linguistic anthropologist, falls in love with the entomologist-leader, a complex man hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, civil discord is brewing on the termite planet as the Queen's Chamberlain plots a murder ...
The Termite Queen: Volume Two: The Wound That Has No Healing
by Lorinda J Taylor
Series: The Termite Queen.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 199,040.
Language:
English.
Published: May 19, 2012
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Categories:
Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
A team of scientists in the 30th c. makes first contact with a species of intelligent termite on an alien planet. The romantic relationship between the expedition leader and the team's anthropologist intersects with the civil unrest existing in the termite fortress to produce an explosive climax. The team must then return to Earth and deal with the outcome.