Crow Flight by Susan Cunningham


Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Amberjack Publishing (December 11, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1948705168
ISBN-13: 978-1948705165
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Praise for CROW FLIGHT
 

“You’ll adore Gin, who’s determined to apply her brilliant computer skills to the mysteries of love… and in doing so, finds herself caught up in high-stakes intrigue. We cheer her on as she learns to trust her gut and heart along with her tech-savvy mind. CROW FLIGHT is a soaring debut from an author to watch.” Laura Resau, author of RED GLASS“A timely, fun story that flies across the pages and into your heart. A romantic tale with intriguing content, Cunningham delivers a compelling read about the predictability of life and love. Donna Cooner, author of SKINNY and SCREENSHOT

“Crow Flight is a delicious novel. Gin has decided what her life should look like – and it involves logic, equations, computer models, coding, ambition, and over-achieving. An unexpected twist forces her to reconsider, and rather suddenly she finds herself in new territory – a path that calls forth the heart, the willingness to adventure, and most importantly, an effort at finding and honoring the immaterial truth. When an English teacher asks her to consider Victor Hugo’s contention that ‘One must have bread, but before bread, one must have the ideal,’ she boldly launches forth into a world of discovery, romance, and danger. This book, like Gin’s adventure, is a beauty.” Laura Pritchett, winner of the PEN USA Award in Fiction

The curious flight patterns of crows lead a teen computer programmer down a path of mystery and romance. 

Gin trusts logic a little too much. She even designs programs to decide what to eat and how to spend her time. All that changes when she’s paired with a new transfer student, Felix, on a computer modeling assignment to explain certain anomalies in the behavior of crows.

As she enters Felix’s world and digs further into the data behind crow behavior, Gin uncovers a terrible secret. And the wrong decision could equal disaster squared . . .

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Photo Credit: Kel Elwood Photography

Susan Cunningham lives in the Colorado Rocky Mountains with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys science nearly as much as writing: she’s traveled to the bottom of the ocean via submarine to observe life at hydrothermal vents, camped out on an island of birds to study tern behavior, and now spends time in an office analyzing data on wool apparel. She blogs about writing and science at susancunninghambooks.com.

        

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Inside it was warm and smelled slightly of animal droppings and hay. Gin had to pause for a second to let her eyes adjust. Felix slid the barn door shut and opened a second door into a mesh cage, as wide and tall as the barn itself.

And finally Gin saw them. Crows everywhere, fluttering and swooping and diving. Dozens of them. Hundreds maybe. They sat on branches and roosts throughout the aviary, cawing and cackling, their sounds rising up and filling the space.

They swooped near Felix, sometimes landing briefly on his shoulder, and taking off again. They hopped up nearby branches and tilted their smooth heads one way then another, as if to get a closer look at Gin.

“They’re checking you out,” Felix said.

“Wow,” she whispered.

“Here, take this.” He handed her a thick cracker. “Just hold it up.”

She lifted her right arm, tentative. The two birds closest to her peered down, examining the cracker. She breathed slowly, trying to stay still.

And in a soft, black flurry and a whoosh of air, one bird dropped down.

She felt it before she understood. A gentle pressure on her curled fingers. A jostling of the cracker.

The crow was perched on her hand.

It was lighter than she expected, but powerful. She could feel each smooth, hard toe wrapped around her finger. Each movement the bird made rippled through her hand. The bird was folding and unfolding its feathers, arching and tilting its head. It pecked at the cracker again, crumbs flying through the air, and opened up its beak with a loud caw.

“Whoa.” Gin had a sudden image of herself tied to dozens of crows, so many that they actually lifted her off the ground, pulling her up in flight. It was a crazy thought, so unlike her. Maybe that’s what these creatures did, grew wild ideas in your mind

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