Raine Penton would endure anything to succeed at his new job, including mind-numbing orientations and grueling hours. Until he’s asked to kill. His would-be target is Ian Swift, a teenager struggling to survive in a rural landscape of economic depression and opioid use. Just another nobody—except his soul unlocks a portal to a powerful mythological entity, worshiped by an underworld cult. Raine’s employer, a secretive government contractor, wants him first… or wants him dead. The Bird Room moves between the underworld and the all-too-real world, where corporate despair meets cult fanaticism.