Bernard Werber is a French author, famous for his novel ''Les fourmis'' (''The Ants''). His works include many novels, a play and one movie.

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!!!The books which compose ''The Ants' '' cycle:
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* ''Les Fourmis'' (The Ants), 1991
* ''Le Jour des Fourmis'' (The Day of the Ants), 1992
* ''La Révolution des Fourmis'' (The Revolution of the Ants), 1996
* ''Le Livre Secret des Fourmis'' (The Secret Book of the Ants)

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!!!The books which compose ''The Science Adventurers' '' cycle:
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* ''Le Père de nos Pères'' (The Father of our Fathers), 1998
* ''L’Ultime Secret'' (The Ultimate Secret), 2001
* ''Le Rire du Cyclope'' (The Laughter of the Cyclops), 2010

Pentalogie du Ciel (The Pentalogy of the Sky)
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!!!The books which compose ''The Angels’ '' cycle:
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* ''Les Thanatonautes'' (The Thanatonauts), 1994
* ''L’Empire des Anges'' (The Empire of the Angels), 2000

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!!!The books which compose ''The Gods' '' cycle:
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* ''Nous, les Dieux'' (Us, Gods), 2004
* ''Le Souffle des Dieux'' (The Breath of the Gods), 2005
* ''Le Mystère des Dieux'' (The Mystery of the Gods), 2007

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!!!Other books :

* ''Le Livre du Voyage'' (The Book of Travel), 1997
* ''L’Encyclopédie du savoir Relatif et Absolu'' (The Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge), 2000
* ''L’Arbre des Possibles'' (short stories), 2002
* ''Nos Amis les Humains'' (play), 2003
* ''Nos Amis les Terriens'' (Our Friends, the Earthlings)
* ''Le Papillon des Étoiles'' (The Butterfly of the Stars)
* ''Paradis sur Mesure'' (short stories)
* ''Le Miroir de Cassandre'' (The Mirror of Cassandra)

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!!!Film :
* ''Nos Amis les Terriens'' (Our Friends, the Earthlings)

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!!!Bernard Werber work’s provides examples of :

* AbortedArc / PlotHole: Several Aborted Arcs through the Gods cycle: Aphrodite's assaulter in The Breath of the Gods, Michael's previous clients life dropped in the third book… and the same goes {{Plot Hole}}s (such as a character who had been previously ''seen'' turned into an animal is later "revealed" to have been faking it). Some of them might actually be intentional, to prepare for the discovery at the end of the fifth book that [[spoiler: [[NoticingTheFourthWall the characters are all fictional]]]].
* ActionGirl: Mata Hari, Marilyn Monroe, Amanda
* ActionMom: Rose
* AndIMustScream:
** One of the main characters of ''The Ultimate Secret'' is a man suffering from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked-in_syndrome locked-in syndrome]] and initially only able to communicate by blinking.
** In ''The Thanatonauts'', some humans are reincarnated into plants as punishments. Adolf Hitler is said to be reincarnated as a Bonzai plant whose entire existence is suffering.
* {{Atlantis}}: L’Île de la Tranquillité (the Island of Tranquillity).
* AuthorAvatar: Both Jacques Nemrod (The Empire of the Angels) and Gabriel Askolein (The Mystery of the Gods) are science fiction writers similar to Werber himself.
* AuthorTract: Michael Pinson votes white, in order to show that he agrees with democracy but not with the candidates.
* BadassBookworm: Edmond Wells, Michael Pinson, Raoul Razorbak.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: If your angel can't be there when you make a wish, you are parasited by a lost soul who grants your wish, but will take something in exchange.
* CanonWelding: His books take place in one universe. Posthumous character Edmond Wells from the Ants trilogy appears in The Pentalogy of the Sky and some characters share the same surname (like Jacques and Lucrèce Nemrod).
* CatchPhrase: “Toi et moi contre les imbéciles!” (could be translated as "You and me against the morons !")
* TheChosenOne: Played straight with the Educated. Subverted by Michael Pinson, who rather seems to be TheChosenZero.
* ContinuityPorn: Especially at the end of the cycle of Gods.
* CosmicChessGame: The Gods Trilogy is about the gods raising civilizations and fighting each other.
* DeadpanSnarker: Raoul Razorbak.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In ''The Thanatonauts'', each human has a personal demon besides their guardian angel. Iin the sequels, demons unceremoniously vanish.
* FaintingSeer: Cassandre Katzenberg.
* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: Bernard Werber has the habit of presenting some pieces of trivia as real facts, whereas they are merely suppositions or even things he imagined.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The planet Red is imagined by Jacques Nemrod as a child, before being visited by Michael and the others.
* GoodParents: Jacques Nemrod's parents.
* GrassIsGreener:
** Subverted with the main characters of the Pentalogy of the Sky, who keep seeking a better place, even when they are in Heaven or in Aeden.
** Fetnat left Africa and emigrated to France.
** Kim moved from Korea to France for this reason.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Michael Pinson, Jacques Nemrod.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Venus Sheridan
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall [[spoiler:/ NoticingTheFourthWall]]
* MeaningfulName: Quite a few.
** ''Wells'' is a pun on "wells" and is a reference to Creator/HGWells and to Creator/OrsonWelles. The character mentions that in the Angel cycle.
** ''Michael'' means ''Who is like God? '', which defines Michael’s quest.
** In French, ''Amanda'' reminds of almond.
** ''Cassandre'', who is a Seer, obviously.
** Esméralda’s name is a reference to the character of Creator/VictorHugo's ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''
** Fetnat Wade’s first name comes from the French abbreviation for “national celebration”, “fête nationale”. His parents, uneducated, thought it was a real French name.
** Orlando Van de Putte’s last name means “from the wells”, but also sounds like the French words for “wind of whore”.
** ''Philippe'' Papadakis likes horses, as says his name (“phil”, love and “hippos”, horses).
** ''Venus'' comes from the Roman goddess of beauty, and this character is a top-model. ''Sheridan'' is from Creator/JosephSheridanLeFanu.
** ''Véronique'' Papadakis is a photograph (“vero”, real and “iconos”, image).
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: In the Angels’ cycle, guardians angels appear as attorneys-at-law, who defend their clients.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: All ghosts are lost souls, who can take the control of a human, especially a medium. They can disappear in the light when they are fought with the PowerOfLove.
* PowerOfLove: Literally.
* RagsToRoyalty: [[spoiler: Happen, among others creatures, to an ''ant'' in ''La Révolution des Fourmis''. The ant soldier [[YouAreNumberSix 103 683]], in order to pass down her new knowledge about mankind, has an opportunity to eat royal jelly. She grows wings, and she's since then known as Princess 103.]]
* RecursiveCanon: ''The Thanatonauts'', written by Michael Pinson in... ''The Thanatonauts''.
* RecycledInSpace: Greek Mythology… IN SPACE!
* SceneryPorn: Aeden.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Chris Petters
* StoryWithinAStory:
** ''The Rats'' in ''L'Empire des Anges''
** ''The Dolphins'' in ''Nous, les Dieux''
* TakeThatCritics: ''The Mystery of the Gods'' is full of this.
* TerminallyIllCriminal: One of his stories has the dictator of Pakistan learn that he has cancer and decide that if he doesn't get to live, no one does. He acquires an atomic bomb powerful enough to wipe out all life on the globe... and goes through with it.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Michael Pinson, who starts off a rather meek, if somewhat cynical character grows into an entitled jerk by the end of his adventures.
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