In the tradition of Watership Down - an intrepid beetle discovers a whole world beyond her desert home in this bug's-eye adventure! Nestled in the grass under the big palm tree by the edge of the desert there is an entire civilization - a civilization of beetles. In this bug's paradise, beetles write books, run restaurants, and even do scientific research. One such scientist is Lucy, who leads a team of researchers out into the desert. Their mission is to discover something about the greater world...but what lies in wait for them is going to change everything Lucy thought she knew. Beetles are not the only living creatures in the world.