Heron

This remarkable novel tells the story of the return of a small group of humans to the earth after human life was extinguished two thousand years earlier.
They find a very different order to the one they left. All animals are now equal and are ruled by consent in the form of an Earth Council. They communicate by telepathy and live and thrive on a vegetarian diet.
The return of the human threatens to upset the balance but the leaders of the council are determined to resist any attempt to return to the old order, by force if necessary.
An alien invasion threatens to destroy the peace of the earth but the biggest enemies are natural ones in the form of famine and the rise of the ape.
This book journeys with the inhabitants and the reader is invited to share the joys and fears of, not only the humans and their children, but also with those of the animals.