Realizing that something is terribly wrong, S.T. may be a bird, but he loves many aspects of human culture, and he’s alarmed when his owner, Big Jim, begins to behave strangely and undergo physical changes. Kira Jane Buxton’s debut puts a deliriously original spin on the viral zombie apocalypse as human civilization’s collapse is witnessed - and challenged - by S.T., a pet crow. Here’s what Jeff said about Hidden Kingdom. The sequel, Feral Creatures, finally arrived last summer, and sees the return of our favorite apocalyptic corvid and his faithful friends as they try to keep the last human alive in a rapidly worsening apocalypse.īack cover of the paperback edition of Hollow Kingdom Jeff Somers at the B&N Blog turned me onto Hidden Kingdom in his list of the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of August 2019, calling it “a darkly hilarious twist” on the zombie formula. I challenge you to find another zombie novel with a Good Housekeeping endorsement.) The tale of a zombie apocalypse seen through the eyes of a caustic (and foul-mouthed) crow was a finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor, and chosen as a Best Book of the Year by Book Riot, NPR, and Good Housekeeping (And that’s not something you see every day. Kira Jane Buxton’s debut novel Hollow Kingdom was the sleeper fantasy hit of 2019. Hollow Kingdom and Feral Creatures (Grand Central Publishing,Īugust 2019 and August 2021).
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