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The Bees : a Novel by Laline Paull, Laline Paull is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Handmaid's Tale meets The Hunger Games in this brilliantly imagined debut. Born into the lowest class of her society, Flora 717 is a sanitation bee, only fit to clean her orchard hive. Living to accept, obey and serve, she is prepared to sacrifice everything for her beloved holy mother, the Queen. Yet Flora has talents that are not typical of her kin. And while mutant bees are usually instantly destroyed, Flora is reassigned to feed the newborns, before becoming a forager, collecting pollen on the wing. Then she finds her way into the Queen's inner sanctum, where she discovers secrets both sublime and ominous. Enemies roam everywhere, from the fearsome fertility police to the high priestesses who jealously guard the Hive Mind. But Flora cannot help but break the most sacred law of all, and her instinct to serve is overshadowed by a desire, as overwhelming as it is forbidden... Laline Paull's chilling yet ultimately triumphant novel creates a luminous world both alien and uncannily familiar. Thrilling and imaginative, The Bees is the story of a heroine who changes her destiny and her world.

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Author

Laline Paull, Laline Paull

Publisher

New York, NY: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062331168

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy

Rating

3.67 / 5 (16,426 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13