{"product_id":"the-supercolony-wars-dave-nocera-9798259180062","title":"The Supercolony Wars: An Insect Epic","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, a cargo ship docked in California carrying, among other things, a small colony of Argentine ants. Nobody noticed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin a century those ants had formed the largest cooperative supercolony ever recorded: a single network stretching 600 miles of coastline. They systematically eliminated nearly every native ant species in their path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Supercolony Wars\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about that invasion, told entirely from the inside. There are almost no human characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe voices belong to an ancient oak grove speaking in the slow language of centuries. To the Argentine queen, disoriented in the dark of a shipping crate. To native harvester and carpenter queens as they lose ground, adapt, and find ways to persist against a force that should have erased them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a strange book. It asks you to inhabit minds that have no interest in us: collective, chemical, patient, ruthless. And to find something recognizable there anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe science is real. The Argentine supercolony exists. What the ants experienced is imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Richard Powers, Peter Wohlleben, and Jeff VanderMeer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Nocera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798259180062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d","brand":"Dave Nocera","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874680680703,"sku":"9798259180062","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-supercolony-wars-dave-nocera-9798259180062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}