The Flying Dead
About
“Experience the ‘terror of nature’ unleashed in Richard DeGrandpre’s gripping police procedural, The Flying Dead.”
On her final day with the Crime Squad, Detective Pip Sykes is summoned to a grisly scene: a body torn apart by seabirds, dismissed as an accidental death. But when another scavenged corpse surfaces on the South Island, Sykes begins to see a pattern she cannot ignore.
Piecing together the circumstantial evidence in her new role as a CIB detective, Sykes must first confront a familiar foe: the institutional pressure to take the path of least resistance. Instead, she chooses the more dangerous course, one that leads her to a private institute nestled away on the South Island.
The secretive research facility is exploring “parasite- enhanced” animal behavior, seeking to engineer an endemic hunter capable of eradicating non-native predators. But as Sykes uncovers the truth, she discovers the project has spiraled out of control—unleashing a ravenous species of bird that defies containment, turning humans into their unsuspecting prey.
A fusion of Michael Connelly’s Renée Ballard and Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain, The Flying Dead blends police procedural, techno-thriller, and horror, all set against the stunning yet eerie landscapes of New Zealand.