Цикл книг «Hive» — 2 книги

Deep in the Shaft-cities lived three trillion creatures, once human—and still calling themselves homo sapiens. But they were small, bred to size in fact, as they were bred for various kinds of 'work.—for even in their almost totally automated culture they had to be kept busy. Like ants.

But things were going wrong. The machines weren't getting it all right any more—they were even breaking down sometimes. While Outside, there were Others—who waited...

Deep in the Shaft-cities lived three trillion creatures, once human—and still calling themselves homo sapiens. But they were small, bred to size in fact, as they were bred for…

Rorqual Maru was a cyborg - part organic whale, part mechanised ship - and part god. She was a harvester - a vast plankton rake, now without a crop, abandoned by earth society when the seas died. So she selected an island for her grave, hoping to keep her carcass visible for salvage. Although her long ear heard nothing, she believed that man still lived in his hive. If he should ever return to the sea, she wanted to serve. She longed for the thrill of a human's bare feet touching the skin of her deck. She missed the hearty hails, the sweat and the laughter. She needed mankind. But all humans were long gone ...or were they?

Rorqual Maru was a cyborg - part organic whale, part mechanised ship - and part god. She was a harvester - a vast plankton rake, now without a crop, abandoned by earth society…