We Were the Cuckoo Bees

R. B. Shifman

ISBN 10: 1965059821 / ISBN 13: 9781965059821

Published by Willow River Press, 2026

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Don't let them know you're smart. They don't like smart.'Moments later, Andrew's world shatters.After a violent regime sweep, Andrew is taken from his parents' Pennsylvania farm by the Queens of Freedom-powerful women who govern a rigid theocratic society shaped by pandemics, fear, and control. Renamed and relocated to the immaculate Dairytown Borough, he is placed in the household of the head Queen, a woman whose carefully managed family is as performative as it is volatile.As Andrew grows into his new life, he begins to sense that the town's wholesome surface hides something darker. Whispers travel through clean streets. Rules tighten. Loyalty is tested. And the people closest to him may not be who they appear to be.When Andrew is forced into a dangerous double life, every choice becomes a calculation. In a world where intelligence is a liability and trust can be fatal, survival depends on knowing when to stay silent-and when to risk everything.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Were the Cuckoo Bees
• Publisher: Willow River Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1965059821
• ISBN 13: 9781965059821
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 14D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 371 grams

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Synopsis

"Don't let them know you're smart. They don't like smart."

Moments later, Andrew's world shatters.
After a violent regime sweep, Andrew is taken from his parents' Pennsylvania farm by the Queens of Freedom—powerful women who govern a rigid theocratic society shaped by pandemics, fear, and control. Renamed and relocated to the immaculate Dairytown Borough, he is placed in the household of the head Queen, a woman whose carefully managed family is as performative as it is volatile.
As Andrew grows into his new life, he begins to sense that the town's wholesome surface hides something darker. Whispers travel through clean streets. Rules tighten. Loyalty is tested. And the people closest to him may not be who they appear to be.
When Andrew is forced into a dangerous double life, every choice becomes a calculation. In a world where intelligence is a liability and trust can be fatal, survival depends on knowing when to stay silent—and when to risk everything.