This was an exciting adventure through an alternate world/timeline where ants have grown too monstrous sizes and are rapidly becoming the dominant species on the planet. The author has outdone himself with the level of research in both physics and entomology. Who knew there are so many species of interesting, and in this case frightening, ants in the world.
When a researcher’s study of a special anomaly in Georgia goes horrible awry, he and his military liaison are drawn through a rift in space time and find themselves in a world like there own, but with giant ants quickly rising to become the dominant species on earth. Believing that their trip through space and time somehow resulted in altering history to allow ants to grow to horrifying sizes, they realized they must travel back across the court, or what’s left of it, and recreate the same experiment to try and fix things. However, the various sources of giant ants are not their only problem to contend with, the drastic decline of humanity has dragged survivors into survival mode and fear and desperation of others possess its own threats.
The level of research into the various types of ants in the world presented in this book is astounding, I feel like I have learned so much. It also does a great job of showing what the slow extinction of mankind might do to the mental state of those that survive the longest. I would recommend this to science fiction fans, especially those of alternate worlds.