From publisher blurb:
Giant, sapient insects living in vast, underground kingdoms? Ludicrous! Or so say most people who have yet to come face to face with one of the Yerath. Considering all the other people running around Rûl, doubting the existence of bipedal cockroaches seems a bit unlikely. People, though, demonstrate again and again their failure to stretch their imaginations to accommodate different views and different ideas. The idea that bugs could think, act, and feel as they do just sits a bit outside what most can accept.
Yerath isolation makes getting visual proof difficult. The days when these bug people spread across the continent ended a long time ago. Now they live in the far south, under mounds dotting the Patchwork Lands’ southern and eastern reaches. The yerath get along just fine on their own and they see no reason to come out of their hills to deal with their neighbors, who aren’t very nice anyway. Current troubles blighting the north and the deeper, existential threat represented by the shadow creeping across the world makes isolation an unwise practice. Now, for the first time in ages, the yerath emerge from their homes, unblinking— as always, their antennae waving, mandibles clacking. Among these seeming newcomers might be the hero the world needs. Will it be you? Find out in Children of the Hive!