New Dystopian Thriller Novel

The Bees by Laline Paull
The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Hunger Games in The Bees, a brilliantly imagined debut novel by Laline Paull, set in an ancient culture where only the queen bee may breed and deformity means death.

"Flora 717 is a sanitation worker, a member of the lowest caste in her orchard hive where work and sacrifice are the highest virtues and worship of the beloved Queen the only religion. But Flora is not like other bees. With circumstances threatening the hive’s survival, her curiosity is regarded as a dangerous flaw but her courage and strength are an asset. She is allowed to feed the newborns in the royal nursery and then to become a forager, flying alone and free to collect pollen. She also finds her way into the Queen’s inner sanctum, where she discovers mysteries about the hive that are both profound and ominous." (Publisher's Summary)

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