Empire of the Ants 🐜 | H. G. Wells Sci-Fi Horror Classic | FULL Audiobook + Dramatic Soundscape”

An ant colony that engineers metal, melts stone, and marches like an army. Captain Gerilleau dives into the Amazon—and discovers humanity’s next predator…
📚 *Story*
When Captain Gerilleau receives orders to steam up the wild Guaramadema River and exterminate a “plague of ants,” he scoffs—how dangerous can insects be? ⏤ But abandoned villages, skeleton-strewn ships, and a single word on every survivor’s lips—**Saúba**—prove that these ants are no ordinary species. Armed with venom that curdles blood and a hive-mind that builds chemical forges, the swarm is rewriting evolution… and the map of the world.

🎧 *Why Listen?*
• Classic science-romance from H. G. Wells (*The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine*)
• Immersive 3-D sound design & original score
• Professionally mastered for zero-fatigue binge listening

🕒 *Timestamps / Chapters*
00:00 Intro & Credits
01:12 Orders for the Impossible
09:45 Voyage into the Green Silence
18:24 First Abandoned Settlement
29:11 Swarm on the River
41:32 The Derelict Santa Rosa
55:06 The Venom Takes Hold
1:12:10 Night of the Living Rafts
1:24:35 Fort Aleixo Falls
1:39:00 The Flood Strategy
1:55:48 Aftermath & Wellsian Warning

👤 *Credits*
Narrator | Arthur Lane
Sound Design & Edit | Martin Gold
Illustration | Jordan Harvey
Author | H. G. Wells (public domain)
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