Chroniques du Pays des Mères is a French language science fiction novel by Élisabeth Vonarburg.

[2] The action takes place several centuries after the events of Le Silence de la Cité.

Post-collapse warlord states have evolved into patriarchal kingdoms - the Harems - before being overthrown by the hives, female-run city-states, every bit as warlike and tyrannical as their male-run predecessors.

Those have in turn been replaced by a more peaceful, female-dominated society organized as a loose federation of local communities.

While exploring ruined tunnels she discovers documents which question everything her society thought it knew about its past.