num_pages: 378
description: Astonishing inspirational even magical: a naturalists novel about an Alabama boy who heroically tries to save a sacred forest. What the hell do you want? snarled Frogman at Raff Cody as the boy stepped innocently on the reputed murderers property. Fifteen years old Raff had only wanted to catch a glimpse of Frogmans 1000-pound alligator. Thus begins the epic story of Anthill part thriller part parable which follows the adventures of Raff a modern-day Huck Finn whose improbable love of ants ends up transforming his own life and those around him. Alarmed by condo developers who are intent on destroying Alabamas endangered Nokobee tract Raff idealistically heads off to law school. Returning home he encounters the angry and corrupt ghosts of an old South he thought had disappeared. The sacred woods he must now travel through to save Lake Nokobee are teeming with unimaginable danger. Anthill with some of the most striking scientific detail ever seen in a popular novel will transfix readers with its stunning twists and startling revelations of the true meaning of natures wildness. .
language: English
title: Anthill
publisher: W. W. Norton & Compan