Fans of postapocalyptic dangers and witty narration will eat up this charming story. Buxton balances the snarky humor and moving tenderness of her delightful protagonist with genuine tension. Memes can now be purchased for millions of dollars, we very much live in a world with robots, and headlines like this are far too commonplace. There isn’t much that surprises me anymore, living in the 21 st century and all. After Dee goes missing, she displays an uncanny knack for communicating across species to fight the Changed Ones and tests S.T.’s strong desires to protect her. FERAL CREATURES, Kira Jane Buxton's sequel to 2019's HOLLOW KINGDOM, connects us even more deeply to the natural world and its marvels with humor, horror, and complex and engaging characters, Environmentally conscious dystopian literature has never been so much fun Read on for reviews and Q&A with the author. Kira Jane Buxton returns with ‘Feral Creatures,’ another foul-mouthed apocalyptic tale. But the area’s animals are all hunkered down to avoid the singularly destructive Changed Ones stalking the region. There, they reconnect with his old murder, other friends like Orange the orangutan, and nemeses including a trio of tigers escaped from the zoo. (flightless after an injury) back to S.T.’s old stomping grounds near Seattle. and flees into the ocean where a pod of orcas carry her and S.T. When Dee discovers the hideous, larva-like beings her family has become, she sets fire to the cabin she shares with S.T.

has raised Yup’ik Dee, the last uninfected human, in a remote region of Alaska with the help of the owls and his eagle friend, Migisi.

In the 13 years since a screen-transmitted virus infected all of humanity and turned them into rapidly evolving, nightmarish chimeras called Changed Ones, S.T. continue in Buxton’s eventful follow-up to 2019’s Hollow Kingdom. The postapocalyptic adventures of bighearted, irreverent crow S.T.

Kira buxton