The Tower [Book-2]: Spider World | Colin Wilson

Among the multitude of tiny life forms who share our planet, there is one that inspires fear by its mere existence. Imagine a world where spiders rule; where the crawling, flying, buzzing, stinging insect world we considered beneath our notice now looks down on us; where the few remaining humans must spend their lives in hiding or become servants of that which they most fear -- creatures who use their terror-inspiring abilities to paralyze the minds of those who might oppose them. But one boy has the gift of seeing into the minds of other living things, exposing them for what they are; and suddenly "the masters" are afraid. . . .