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- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Publisher's Summary
A finalist for the 2020 Thurber Prize for American Humor!
"The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead" (Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author) in this big-hearted, boundlessly beautiful romp through the apocalypse, where a foul-mouthed crow is humanity's only chance to survive Seattle's zombie problem.
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. His 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 suddenly discovers that the neighbors are devouring one another. Local wildlife is abuzz with rumors of 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 around him comes from TV.
What could possibly go wrong?
What the critics say
"Hollow Kingdom is a nature book for our own age, an exuberant, glittering, hard-hitting mashup of Dawn of the Dead and The Incredible Journey. It's an adventure lit by strange myths, brand-names, television and smartphone screens, a fable with teeth and claws about animals making new lives amongst the ruins of humanity. It's transformative, poignant, and funny as hell. S.T. the irrepressible, cursing crow is my new favourite apocalyptic hero." (Helen Macdonald, New York Times best-selling author of H Is for Hawk)
"A plucky hero, a boisterous tale, startling prose and eerie events combine for a thoroughly enjoyable account of the end of the world as we know it. The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead." (Karen Joy Fowler, PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves)
"I love this book so much! I wanted to set it on fire while hugging it. I wanted to hasten the apocalypse just to see how my own pets fare in a more humane world without humans. Kira Jane Buxton's voice is fresh, like a newly dug grave, but so joyful and honest you'll laugh out loud, and then check to make sure you haven't lost an eyeball. Hollow Kingdom is a wildly original debut and a paean to my favorite city." (Jamie Ford, New York Times best-selling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet)
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- PELLE J AGERUP
- 2020-10-17
beautiful story
beautiful story told by a human loving crow after the zombie apocalypse hit in. gathering other animals and trying to keep civilization going...
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- Snuz
- 2023-10-20
Loved this book Hollow Kingdom
I did this book in audio and it was amazing. A bit long in places but still wonderful and a bit scary. I did appreciate the humour which helped to soften some parts that were a bit rough. I would recommend this book to those that could appreciate it’s story line.
Thanks for writing this.
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- Joanna Bowen
- 2019-09-10
Fun, funny, and flawless
A rare gem among tales, irreverent, hilarious and insightful. I’ll be recommending this book to many!
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- Sherp
- 2022-05-13
I cannot say enough about this book.
This book initially disguises itself as a profane children's book on drugs, but bends and wrenches its plot into a masterpiece in the highest literary order. Kira has mastered the English language (and I suspect other languages as well), painting such glorious images, both gory and beautiful, within the mind's eye.
Highly recommended!
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- pnogas
- 2022-11-06
not for me, but I'm sure 5 stars for others
If you like the first two chapters, you will probably like the rest of the book. The only tone change that will get added will be battles. I wish there were less battles and more descriptions on how the change impacts the environment: plastics, fossil fuels, power generation, invasive species, etc.
I will not be getting the sequel
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- greenspree
- 2019-09-02
Beautiful
Beautiful, and gory, just like life.
The performance of the narrator made this book sing.
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- Mister Marshmellow
- 2022-09-01
This is a Great Book
Most books that write about darkness, get lost in the darkness, and become this slog of depression words. You need the humor to balance it, so it doesn't become that slog, and this book gets it. This book is a beautiful marriage of dark and humor. ST, the main character, is also wonderfully (and sometimes painfully) positive, but it really works.
The story is adorable, for how dark it is if you really think about what's actually going on, and it's such a thrill to listen to.
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- Chad
- 2023-05-30
Insane and Incredible
This book was weird and fun and interesting and beautiful and heart wrenching all at once! I adored the way the story was told and now every time I see a crow I think of their little internal monologue with this narrator’s voice haha a really fun take on the zombie genre as well and incredible well done
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- queenb31
- 2023-09-03
Starts solid but seems to repeat
The story idea is wonderful but the writing gets very repetitive about half way through.
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- TachyBoi
- 2022-11-10
Goes Downhill Very Quickly
Book was funny and intriguing for the first few chapters and then it just went downhill when it started repeating the same story beats over and over.
Dog gets lost->protagonist freaks out and goes to save him-> fight ensues-> rinse and repeat.
The world building seemed interesting and some of the descriptions were beautifully written.In addition, the comedy in the book made me chuckle a few times,however, don't expect anything amazingly clever or witty.Narration however was excellent, Robert Petkoff did a superb job.
It was unfortunate that the plot just...wasn't superb.
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