Many scientists believe insects will inherit the earth. Social insects cultivate gardens, tend livestock, use antibiotics, and sometimes house other species as guests. Even insect venoms are complex: some produce only pain, some temporarily paralyze, some cause death, and yet others make victims controllable. Did you know there are termite kamikazes that explode their innards to smother invaders? Or that bolas spiders catch prey by flinging a sticky line? Or that bombardier beetles spray boiling hot acid? Or that army ants are the most powerful insect force known?
Imagine if insects evolved intelligence. Ants, bees and termites would establish isolated kingdoms, preferring their own unique culture, yet still trade with foreigners to equip their armies with advanced venoms and stinging weapons. Other bugs, those known to live among them, would fight ruthlessly to control this vital trade; while between realms, colossal monsters would roam the wilderness in search of prey. Welcome to life in the next era - the age of insects.
Join Vero, an ant, in his epic quest to find purpose in a life trail full of adversity. After he is separated from loved ones and banished for not having the right instinct, he discovers army ants invading and conquering nearby realms; his loved ones and former homeland in the path of annihilation. But in a world where males are deemed insignificant, how can he, a lone outcast, stop a force that has never known defeat?
