Hollow Kingdom
Kira Jane Buxton, 2019
Grand Central Publishing
320 pp.
ISBN-13: 9781538745823
Summary
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 (i.e. "those idiots"), and enjoying the finest food humankind has to offer: Cheetos®.
But when Big Jim's eyeball falls out of his head, S.T. starts to think something's not quite right.
Big Jim's tried-and-true remedies—from beak-delivered beer to the slobbering affection of his loyal but dim-witted dog, Dennis—fail to cure his 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 suddenly discovers that the neighbors are devouring one other. Local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of Seattle's dangerous new predators.
Humanity's extinction has seemingly arrived, and the only one determined to save it is a cowardly crow whose only knowledge of the world comes from TV.
What could possibly go wrong? (From the publisher.)