“…and when I thought of the things I was capable of, well, then and only then did a plan start to form.” from Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. I tore through her hilarious, heartbreaking, joyous, serious, dystopian, and important debut novel and started recommending it to anyone who would or wouldn’t listen.
When it finally arrived, I was blown away by the unique voice Buxton brings to the literary world. I ordered the book immediately, not knowing that I still had a four month wait until it was delivered to my doorstep. I can’t remember what website it was (unfortunate because I owe them a debt of thanks) that informed me that if I liked The Trees (I most emphatically did), I would love Hollow Kingdom (I most emphatically did).
“What an extraordinary luxury to cast a shadow.” from Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton.Īdmittedly, I was unaware of a writer named Kira Jane Buxton, author of 2019’s Hollow Kingdom and the sequel Feral Creatures, !!!Available today from Grand Central Publishing!!!, before I read The Trees by Ali Shaw. (Aug.Kira Jane Buxton and Ewok: Image courtesy of the author’s website. S.T.’s complicated personality and the masterful blend of humorous and tragic make this novel an eloquent, emotional exploration of survival during an unthinkable cataclysm. Amid S.T.’s adventure, a variety of animals both tame and wild share moving ruminations on the end of humanity. relies on his creativity to navigate mounting dangers, displaced zoo creatures, and unimaginable new life caught in epic battles for dominance. to the zoo in search of what he assumes is a healthy human. A rumor about One Who Opens Doors takes S.T. with rescuing other pets, but he knows he needs help opening windows and doors. He relies on the information network of birdsongs known as Aura to seek guidance from the oracular octopus Onida while dodging a murder of wild crows he detests.
When S.T.’s owner, Big Jim, contracts the illness that’s turning humans into unthinking zombies fixated on technological devices, S.T. S.T., short for Shit Turd, is an irreverent domesticated crow in Seattle who loves human things-he likes to watch TV and his favorite food is Cheetos. Buxton spins a fresh, alarming apocalypse from the perspectives of intelligent, communicative animals in her hilarious debut.
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