learned via Aura that The One Who Opens Doors was a Hollow with red hair. Zoo animals were roaming the ruins of Seattle.

At a stadium filled with water, a hippopotamus ate a MoFo. They saw a hastily written message warning people not to use their phones. and Dennis continued searching for The One Who Opens Doors. She added that many domestic animals needed S.T.’s help. She said humans were going extinct because they had taken too much from the natural world. She told him about Echo, an underwater network connected to Aura. Douglas firs pointed the way with their branches. and Dennis followed Kraai’s directions to find Onida, passing crumbling structures and overgrown landscaping. had been living with a Hollow-the name for humans in the natural world. Kraai, the leader of the crows, admired S.T.’s command over Dennis. A grizzly attacked Dennis, mauling him on one side, and crows drove the bear and her cubs away. heard stories of The One Who Opens Doors, and he asked where he might find Onida, The One Searched For. and Dennis had to leave, for their own safety. found an iPhone and pressed the power button, the sound caused Big Jim to attack. realized that he would have to take care of Dennis, Big Jim’s bloodhound.īig Jim paced around the basement, slowly wearing his arm away. All MoFos exhibited the same symptoms as Big Jim: red eyes, extended necks, and humped backs. The crow reluctantly tuned in to Aura, the internet of the natural world, but Aura was silent as well. He describes himself as an honorary MoFo and promises to explain what happened to humans. reveals that he is not a MoFo-his and Big Jim’s word for “human”-but rather, he is a domesticated crow. Afterward, Big Jim retired to the basement and no longer spoke. first describes a startling event: his roommate, Big Jim, was weeding the lawn when his eyeball fell out. In addition, a few chapters that expand the reach of the story are narrated by other anthropomorphized animals. Chapters that advance the main plot are narrated by S.T., a domestic crow. Grand Central Publishing, 2019.īuxton’s novel has 37 chapters, each subtitled with the narrator’s identity and the setting. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Buxton, Kira Jane.

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