Three generations of beekeepers - from the past, the present and the future - tell the story of their relationship to bees against the context of a shifting global crisis, from the development of modern beehives in 1851 to a post-bee reality in the China of 2098. This was a Radio 2 Book Club selection.

Maja Lunde is a Norwegian author and screenwriter. Lunde has written ten books for children and young adults. She has also written scripts for Norwegian television, including for the children's series Barnas supershow ("The Children's Super Show"), the drama series Hjem ("Home") and the comedy series Side om Side ("Side by Side"). She lives with her husband and three children in Oslo.