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A Book to Read Before You Die!

I’m compelled to share a review by writer Ken Korczak in which he named Book 2 of the Antasy Series, 

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Authors: Our Anthropocene Guides

Master world-builders reveal how they’re reckoning with the Age of Humans I was honored to be interviewed by Abe Musselman 

The Functional Nerds Podcast – Episode 509

I was honored to be interviewed by Patrick Hester at Functional Nerds. I really enjoyed talking with him about the 

KIRKUS REVIEW

The Ghost Ants of Grylladesh, Book 3 of the Antasy Series https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/clark-thomas-carlton/the-ghost-ants-of-grylladesh/

My Ants Me Anything Reddit!

Thanks to Reddit for hosting me at r/fantasy!

Ants Me Anything at Reddit r/fantasy 8/5/21

Go ahead, ask me anything at Reddit r/fantasy between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. PST at Reddit r/fantasy on 8/5/21/ 

My Favorite Bit for Mary Robinette Kowal

I’m honored to do a guest blog for Mary Robinette! https://maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-favorite-bit-clark-thomas-carlton-talks-about-the-ghost-ants-of-grylladesh/

Cover Reveal – Book 3 of the Antasy Series, The Ghost Ants of Grylladesh

Publisher’s Description:

Nothing compares to the Antasy Saga, a highly original series set in a distant future where humans have evolved to the size of insects and intertwined with their world. Book One, Prophets of the Ghost Ants, was named a Best of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and was followed by Prophet of the Termite God. 

The final chapter of the trilogy, The Ghost Ants of Grylladesh, continues the story of an empire in ruins, vicious and mysterious usurpers, and a young man who would lead his people from hopeless squalor to a stable utopia.

In the Barley Lands to the East, the deformed and demented Emperor Volokop has blinded the hero Anand and sent him to Dranveria with a message for its rulers. But when Anand is captured by a mysterious people, the fate of his family and his new nation of Bee-Jor is suddenly in jeopardy.  

Because Bee-Jor remains in chaos. In the South, starving refugees from Hulkren have overwhelmed Mound Palzhad and segregated into warring camps to fight for their very survival … with some  descending into cannibalism. Beyond them, the roach riders of The Promised Clearing threaten a new conflict in a quest for more land. And in the West, a new peril arises from the Velvet Ant League, one not seen in a thousand generations. 

Aiding all of these enemies is the deluded Queen Trellana, who has gathered the royal women of the East to march out of Bee-Jor and leave it vulnerable to attack.  

The founding of Bee-Jor was Anand’s dream of a perfect society, but without their leader, is that all it ever will be: a dream?

Kirkus Review – Prophet of the Termite God

KIRKUS REVIEW An epic tale of tiny humans and warring insect empires continues in this sequel. Carlton’s (Prophets of the 

The Big Idea

This piece originally appeared as a guest blog at John Scalzi’s Whatever.  Thank you, John!  The Big Idea: Clark Thomas 

The Ghost Ants of Grylladesh is available at Amazon
The Prophet of the Termite God is available at Amazon
Prophets of the Ghost Ants is available at Amazon
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