Taira The Termite Queen eBook

In the beautiful majestic land of Africa lives Princess Taira. She is the heir to the throne of the Uranic Colony, a termite colony buried deep in African Savanna . There is only one problem. Taira feels she is not ready to assume her position as Queen of the Uranic Colony. She would rather live out her dream of traveling and exploring the beautiful land in which she lives instead of being confined inside the safety of the inner walls of her castle. Taira's mother is currently the reigning Queen but is desperately trying to groom Taira for the day she will become queen. She is constantly met with Taira's resistance and free spirit, something she knows Taira inherited from her father Troytaira. The time for Taira to take leadership comes faster than anyone can imagine. New construction and development by humans destroys Taira's home and sadly takes her mother's life. All that is left of the Uranic Colony is a band of termites including Medesser, who is the eldest termite in the colony. With the last dying wish of her mother, Taira must set out to find a new home for what is left of her colony. Unsure of her leadership abilities; Taira readily hands over the leadership reigns to Medesser who is all too happy to take them. The group starts their journey by seeking out Cedric the Wise, a centipede who is the oldest and wisest in the land. The Queen Mother consulted often with Cedric wisdom and compassion in order to lead her own. Along the way, the group meets Robbie, a roly-poly insect who is the life of the party. Robbie doesn't have a permanent home, so when Taira extends the offer for him to travel with them it makes Robbie extremely happy to take the journey. He is doubly happy when he sets eyes on Taira's best friend Tina, who he instantly falls in love with. Unfortunately, Tina doesn't feel the same way about Robbie. She finds him generally irritating and obnoxious. Robbie won't give up that easy, though. His new goal is to make Tina fall head over heels for him. Taira's journey to Cedric proves to be none too easy. Taira and her group have their first encounter with Marc Anthony a fire ant who is determined to be the sole ruler over all the insects in Africa. Marc Anthony, a conceited and somewhat paranoid leader, destroys all insect colonies in his path. He would have destroyed Taira's home if the humans had not gotten to it first. Taira uses her instincts to avoid the first confrontation with Marc Anthony. Medesser believes that they should have gone with Marc Anthony in order to have a safe home, so she is angry that Taira decided to avoid him. After all, Medesser felt she was supposed to be the leader of the traveling colony. Out of the bushes comes Ulysses, a giant ant eater who is afraid of ants and is a vegetarian. Ulysses was banished from his home by his father who was disgraced because of his son's fear of ants. Ulysses roams the land looking for a place to stay. Taira extends her hand of hospitality to him as well and he is glad to be a part of a community once again. Just before Taira and her group reach Cedric the Wise, she runs into a colony that was recently destroyed by Marc Anthony. The colony looks familiar to Taira. That's because it is the exact place that she ran off to just before her mother was killed. There she met Solomon, who asked her to head back home because of some approaching danger. Now she meets with Solomon again, but this time, Solomon is badly hurt and hanging on to life. Taira quickly has him lifted onto the shoulders of some of the termites and taken to Cedric's home to heal. All the while, Medesser grows angrier. She sees these invitations into the traveling colony and Taira's insistence to seek Cedric's counsel as blight on her leadership. She will not stand for it much longer. During her visit with Cedric, Taira learns that she has actually been leading all a...