Antuna's Story

The Antunite Chronicles: Book 1

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Survival, Satire, Science Fiction Adventure, Post Apocalyptic, Young Adult, and Novels

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May 16, 2022

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Antuna's Story

The Antunite Chronicles: Book 1

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A post-apocalyptic survival story where the joy of friendship is eclipsed by the horrors of war.

Life as they know it is about to change forever…

In the blink of an eye, a colony from Earth finds itself sucked into a wormhole. Plunged on a new planet, they must forge new lives and work together to survive. A tiny ant, Antuna, bravely steps up and becomes a leader. She protects the colony by thwarting harsh elements threatening starvation. She fights against discrimination and leads the resistance to the evil forces corrupting their society. But can she save her friends and herself from impending doom?

Antuna’s Story is a Watership Down meets Empire of the Ants adventure, which reflects humanity’s frailties throughout history. A speculative fiction story where insects evolve and become intelligent enough to understand the chemistry of nature but lack the wisdom to prevent war and genocide. It provides a fresh, eye-opening look at how our world navigates the struggle between altruism and aggression.

What people are saying...

"[The author] uses humor and clever puns and wordsmithing to draw us into an unbelievable (at first) tale, but one that we realize quickly parallels our own history. [The novel] stars our six- and eight-legged friends, but really uses them as caricatures for our own most dark and worrisome wrong-turns, our troubled history. [It’s] an adventure that spans evolution, deep-space travel... and geopolitics."

- Prof. C.M. Buddle, Entomologist & Associate Provost, McGill University

"GOLD BADGE WINNER - SIMPLY OUTSTANDING! Birdgenaw combines riveting adventure and masterful world-building in his debut. This charming, engrossing tale set in a vividly realized apocalyptic world is a thorough page-turner and will appeal to fans of finely constructed SF stories."

- BookView Review

"ENGROSSING and ADDICTIVE... Unquestionably solid. Well-crafted prose, deft characterization, and a precise eye for details mark Birdgenaw's debut… Beautifully written and meticulously detailed, this thoroughly engrossing SF tale … [is] a definite winner."

- The Prairies Book Review

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Genres

Survival, Satire, Science Fiction Adventure, Post Apocalyptic, Young Adult, and Novels

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The Antunite Chronicles — Book 1

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Publication Date

May 16, 2022

Page Length

190 pages

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Author

The author, Terry Birdgenaw, is a Metis of Oji-Cree, English, Scottish, Dutch and French-Canadian heritage, whose mother’s first cousin is a long-time lead elder of the Metis Nation of Canada. However, Terry would argue that by moving away from the Oji-Cree territory a few generations ago, his family became assimilated by European Canadian culture. Yet, Terry has long been fascinated by the story of his ancestor, Mistigoose, the indigenous Canadian woman who was the first to welcome a European into his mother’s family line. Mistigoose was both a tragic figure and an inspiration for this series.