is afraid that his fervent teachings about the glorious wonders of the MoFo world have become lost on Dee, as she becomes more and more of a wild child.īut in a changed world without humans, overrun by grotesque creatures, their idyllic life can't last forever, and one day their lives implode when an unexpected disaster forces them to flee their safe cabin in the woods. is determined to raise Dee to be a proper MoFo, but Dee has an almost magical connection with the natural world and is able to communicate with bees and birds and even flowers. finding a baby MoFo, the last human on earth, and since then he has been protecting and raising his “nestling,” a girl named Dee, along with a group of owls and a musk ox named Oomingmak. left his beloved home of Seattle, Washington for Alaska.

The story picks up about a decade or so after the events of Hollow Kingdom, when S.T. Once again, the story is narrated by the intrepid potty-mouthed, MoFo-loving crow known as Shit Turd, or S.T. And there will be mild spoilers for the first book, so do beware! You must read Hollow Kingdom first, as this is a direct sequel and references many of the events and characters from that book. Just as she did in Hollow Kingdom, Buxton manages to combine humor, emotion, horror and thoughtful moments of beauty together into one thrilling adventure, told in the unique voice of a crow who was raised by a human. Her sparkling prose brings the story to life, and her love and respect for animals leaps off the page. Kira Jane Buxton is a gift to the writing community, and I’m so grateful to have experienced her wisdom and humor once again. The nitty-gritty: Kira Jane Buxton does it again in this funny and poignant follow up to Hollow Kingdom, a unique genre mash-up that made me laugh and cry.

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