The Last Beekeeper
Will a brother and sister’s precious secret save their world, or end it all over again?
Solma has finally been promoted, Sergeant. At last, she might receive enough rations to feed her family and keep her beloved little brother safe. In a world ravaged by extinction and climate change, food is scarce and crops fail. All Solma wants is to keep her brother away from harm.
Then they find something. Something impossible. When a should-be-extinct bee crawls from the ravaged earth, Solma knows this could be the miracle her world needs to recover, but it could also lead to war.
Things go from bad to worse when Solma’s brother develops a strange bond with the little insect. Now, Solma and her brother are in terrible danger, because not everyone wants to see the bees return. Will Solma protect the bee to save her dying world, even if it means sacrificing her brother?
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Book details
- Publisher
- Lightning Hyena Press
- Publication date
- 2024
- Print length
- 485 pages
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 978-1915124012
Dystopian
What to Know Before Reading The Last Beekeeper
Fearnley’s The Last Beekeeper is a evocative, speculative novel that drops readers into a beautifully realized but deeply fragile future where the natural world hangs by a thread. The story follows a poignant journey of survival, community, and environmental collapse, focusing on the profound connection between humans and the essential pollinators we so often take for granted. It manages to balance a sobering warning about ecological decay with an intimate, character-driven narrative.
Through its atmospheric prose, the book explores how isolated societies adapt when the foundational elements of their ecosystem vanish, forcing the characters to confront both their past mistakes and an uncertain tomorrow.
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About the author
Rebecca L. Fearnley
“In every hive, there is a story waiting to be told.”
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