The world of Henry Roach-Dairier continues, but the torch of chronicling the events has past to his grandson and namesake. Some twenty to twenty-five thousand years after the extinction of human beings, the earth is quite different. It is dominated by highly-evolved, large and intelligent ants and cockroaches, and other "wild" insects. Ants live comunal lives, dedicated to each other, while roaches are materialistic and self-centered. Both species...