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The "Gods" cycle (follow-up of the cycle of "Angels")

The Ants, translated into English as Empire of the Ants). Les Fourmis, Prix des lecteurs de Science et Avenir, 1991, ISBN 7-7.

Works The Ants trilogy ( Les Fourmis trilogy) This is reflected in his novels that incorporate science, the paranormal and spirituality as prominent themes including Thanatonautes ( The Thanatonauts), which proposes a spiritualist version of near death experiences and afterlife L'Empire des Anges ( The Empire of the Angels) and Le Mystère des Dieux ( The Mystery of the Gods), which describe a connection between souls, angels and gods and Nos amis les Terriens ( Our Earthmen Friends), which describes alien abductions. Werber is a member of the Institute for Research on Extraordinary Experiences (IREE), an association that promotes the acknowledgement of extraordinary or unusual experiences. In addition, he defends the vision of a collectivist global government that acts as the "world police" and that imposes strict birth control. He also uses characters symbolically to reflect "the stage of the evolution of the soul". Werber's books anthropomorphize animals including dolphins, rats and ants.

For example, the character Edmond Wells appears both in the trilogy Les Fourmis ( The Ants), the novel L'Empire des anges ( The Empire of the Angels), and the novel Nous Les Dieux ( We are Gods). Many of Werber's novels are also connected by common characters, story threads and themes. Most of his novels have the same format, alternating between prose and encyclopedic passages that expand upon the ideas in the former. Werber's writing style mixes literary genres, including saga, science fiction and philosophical ideas. Bernard Werber at the Salon du livre de Paris in March 2012.