About this item
Highlights
- Moving to an intentional community is supposed to be a fresh start for Milo.
- 186 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Horror
Description
About the Book
Evil has come to a remote Indiana commune. Unsuspecting seventeen-year-old Milo Selby is simply looking to paint and escape the mess his life has become. Instead, he emerges as the group's best hope for survival from the looming horror.
Book Synopsis
Moving to an intentional community is supposed to be a fresh start for Milo. No Internet or television. Complete isolation from the outside world. He doesn't love the idea of moving, but his brother has been in charge since their parents' accident, and Milo knows better than to question him. Besides, it's not like there's anything to stay for, not after the recent incident that got him expelled from school and made him a social pariah.
Milo is intrigued when he learns their new home was once a retreat for famous artists. He's a talented painter himself. So, when a spectral woman begins to show up whenever he's at his easel, he initially takes her for a muse. Seduced by the quality of the work they're making, he doesn't notice the control she's gaining over him. By the time he learns her true intentions, it might be too late for him to overpower her-but if he can't find a way soon, she's going to force him to slaughter every resident of the community.
Mad As Birds is a contemporary gothic horror novel with a unique reimagining of supernatural possession.
Review Quotes
Maxy Awards Finalist - Middle Grade / Young Adult
"Mad as Birds is impeccably written and meticulously plotted. It is a real page-turner, ideal for fans of horror, psychological thrillers, and the macabre." -Readers Favorite Review
"With its spectacular entwining of art and madness and its supernatural components that involve awakening minds and emerging evil, Mad as Birds presents a compelling scenario of healing and danger that is satisfyingly novel and hard to put down." -D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
