SES Graduate student combines storytelling, science in debut dystopian novel
Disaster strikes. A swarm of giant wasps are devouring everything around them, causing worldwide dystopia. But there is one hope: a tiny island off of Lake Ontario may have avoided the chaos. It’s up to Jack to get to the island, break into the hive where the wasps are hibernating, and free the human hostages inside.
This forms the premise of Charles-Étienne Ferland’s new book, Dévorés, skillfully combining his love for storytelling and his research in entomology.
The University of Guelph graduate student’s debut novel hits the shelves today, but it has been a culmination of years of work and thought into how he could best integrate his creative side with his scientific work.