When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1)

by Veronica Roth

“Well,” he says, once he feels calm. “That was a lot of birds.” Ala and Dymitr both make the same sound: a little grunt of assent. “Anyone care to explain how we were just attacked by that many birds?” Niko asks, with the tone of a kindergarten teacher nagging a classroom of unfocused students.