Cometh The Lady Bird

Your house is on fire. Your children are gone. All except one...

When Mackenzie Strobing's brother and his friends stomp a nest of ladybugs to death, something ancient wakes beneath their small Midwestern town.

The next morning, the swarm arrives.

Then comes Morwenna Mac Thaidhg-an enigmatic woman in a red polka-dot coat who never seems to sweat, blink, or sleep. She calls herself an entomologist. The mayor calls her an expert. Mackenzie calls her a predator. Because Morwenna isn't just here to study the infestation. She's here to crown a queen.

As neighbors hum strange songs and mothers gather in secret pollen parties, the town begins to change: glowing skin, forgotten memories, appetites that don't belong to them anymore. Mackenzie feels the infection spreading beneath her own flesh, the itch of wings waiting to break through.

But the Hive doesn't want to consume her.
It wants to claim her.
It wants her to lead.

A hallucinatory blend of eco-horror, body horror, and female coming-of-age, Cometh The Lady Bird is perfect for readers of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, T. Kingfisher, Paul Tremblay, and Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation.