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The Termite Queen: Volume Two: The Wound That Has No Healing
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ISBN10: 1475283997
ISBN13: 9781475283990
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 12 2012
Pages: 596
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781475283990
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 12 2012
Pages: 596
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.21 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
In The Termite Queen: Volume One: The Speaking of the Dead, the death of a specimen of intelligent giant termite impels a team of scientists to mount a new expedition to the alien planet where the specimen was captured. During the voyage out, the linguistic anthropologist Kaitrin Oliva and the expedition's chief, the entomologist Griffen Gwidian, fall in love and form a union, after which Prf. Gwidian begins to exhibit some troubling changes of mood and behavior. Meanwhile, on the alien planet, civil discord is brewing among the termites; Mo'gri'ta'tu, the Queen's Chamberlain, hatches a plot to murder the Holy Seer Kwi'ga'ga'tei, a plot foiled only by the sudden reappearance of the Flying Monster. In Volume Two, the team arrives at the planet to a combative reception, but, aided by Kaitrin's insights into the termites' unique language, the Star-Beings and the Shshi are soon communicating and learning to know each other. The Shshi accept Kaitrin as a friend and even come to revere her as the Mother of her people. Meanwhile, Griffen's inexplicable insecurities escalate, while the dastardly Mo'gri'ta'tu continues to foment conspiracies. Ultimately, the two plotlines intersect in an explosive climax, after which the team must return to Earth and try to come to terms with what they have experienced.
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