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The Tower and the Hive

  • 1999 first published
  • 342 pages
  • 15 editions

The Tower and the Hive is a 1999 epic fantasy novel by Anne McCaffrey. Readers will find themes of Exploration, planets, Telepathy and space colonies.

24 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 15 editions.

At about 342 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

About The Tower and the Hive

With their goals of peace and prosperity close at hand, the Rowan's descendants face the looming destruction of all they have suffered to achieve.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Exploration
  • Planets
  • Telepathy
  • Space colonies
  • Science Fiction
  • Colonization
  • Science fiction
  • Overpopulation
  • Social conflict
  • Imaginary places
  • Imaginary societies
  • Epic fantasy

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote The Tower and the Hive?

The Tower and the Hive was written by Anne McCaffrey and first published in 1999.

What genre is The Tower and the Hive?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy.

How long is The Tower and the Hive?

The median edition has 342 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Tower and the Hive?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Clash of Kings, A Feast for Crows and Fire & Blood.

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