Hollow Kingdom

, #1

Hardcover, 308 pages

English language

Published July 9, 2019 by Grand Central Publishing.

ISBN:
978-1-5387-4582-3
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One pet crow fights to save humanity from an apocalypse in this uniquely hilarious debut from a genre-bending literary author.

S.T., a domesticated crow, is a bird of simple pleasures: hanging out with his owner Big Jim, trading insults with Seattle's wild crows (those idiots), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos ®.

Then Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, and S.T. starts to feel like something isn't quite right. His most tried-and-true remedies--from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of Big Jim's loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis--fail to cure Big Jim's debilitating malady. S.T. is left with no choice but to abandon his old life and venture out into a wild and frightening new world with his trusty steed Dennis, where he discovers that the neighbors are devouring each other and the local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of dangerous new predators …

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One part Homeward Bound, one part The Lord of the Rings, and one part Ted. I don't know if the thing about phones is all that necessary - I'm reminded of Daniel Lavery's summarization of Black Mirror as "what if phones, but too much?" - but the animal kingdom was well-drawn and surprisingly deep. I laughed a lot and was genuinely taken aback by an ending I didn't see coming. A nice surprise.