In a distant future, pollinating insects have vanished in the wake of catastrophic climate change. Humanity now roams sterile lands aboard massive, motorized village-ships called "monads." Jenny, a young woman living in one of them, is determined to recover the last traces of bee DNA – and with them, a chance to rebuild a living world.
"You can be enchanted by the world you live in, even as you’re terrified by where it’s heading."