What If Insects Grew to Giant Size

ebook What If, #1 · What If

By Nikola Gladovic

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What If Insects Grew to Giant Size
The Terrifying Consequences of a World Ruled by Bugs

What happens when the smallest rulers of Earth stop being small?

From streets that hum under beetle armor to forests shaved to lace in a single night, What If Insects Grew to Giant Size is a gripping, science-grounded tour of a planet reshaped by wings, mandibles, and stingers. Blending hard biology with cinematic world-building, this book asks the ultimate what if—and follows the consequences all the way through cities, farms, coastlines, and the human mind.

Inside, you'll explore:

  • The science of size: why oxygen, gravity, and exoskeletons cap insect growth—and what breaks when those limits change.
  • Predators vs. prey: how swarms overturn the food chain and push lions, wolves, and humans into new roles.
  • Cities under siege: subways, skylines, and "bug weather," plus the engineering that keeps corridors safe at dusk.
  • Farms and forests, remapped: harvests that follow new calendars, and ecosystems that harden, adapt, or collapse.
  • Human adaptation: from "hard rooms" and scent-aware drones to the culture of stillness that replaces heroics.
  • A new dominance: what it means when insects don't wear a crown but still set the price of every mistake.
  • Perfect for readers of speculative science and near-future nonfiction—fans of Randall Munroe's What If?, Mary Roach, and apocalyptic thought experiments—this book turns a nightmare premise into an addictively readable field guide to survival and humility.

    Why you'll love it: clear, vivid science; high-stakes scenarios; practical takeaways about resilience; and a haunting conclusion about who truly "rules" the Earth—and how we keep living under that rule.

    Click Look Inside and step into a world where mornings are won by attention, not heroics.

    What If Insects Grew to Giant Size