S.T. is a domesticated crow who loves his life in Seattle with his owner Big Jim. But one day, Big Jim gets sick with a mysterious disease that S.T. can't fix, not even with Cheetos. S.T. decides to strike out on his own with Dennis, Big Jim's bloodhound, and he finds that not only did seemingly every other human succumb to this disease, but the animal kingdom is in the midst of a war to determine which species will be the new top predator in town.

I knew I was probably in for a ride when I picked up a book from the point of view of a talking crow named Shit Turd who thinks the species name for humans is MoFo, but even then I still underestimated this book! It's alternately hilarious and dark, filled with both the strange insights of creatures with a tenuous grasp on human culture, but also thought-provoking ideas about both the good and bad parts of humanity and the bedrock importance of friendship.

If you're looking for a different angle on your standard post-apocalypse novel, I think you can't get any more unique and imaginative than HOLLOW KINGDOM.