A satirical fable a political allegory and an ecological warning from the author of The
Three-Body Problem . On an otherwise ordinary day in the late Cretaceous the seeds of
Earth's first and greatest civilization were sown in the grisly aftermath of a Tyrannosaurus'
lunch. From humble tooth-picking origins ants and dinosaurs - two species so unalike and yet
so complementary - forged an alliance that culminated in an antimatter-powered Age of Wonder.
But such magnificent industry came at a price - a price paid first by Earth's biosphere and
then by all those dependent on it. And yet the dinosaurs refused to heed all warning of
impending ecological collapse leaving the ants facing a single dilemma: destroy their
allies... or perish alongside them? 'Made my brain itch with its creativity and klaxon
alarm... Deceptively simple and brilliantly clever I simply adored it' LoveReading 'Liu's
sense of fun is contagious' Locus
