When the hummingbirds return at 4:11 a.m., a man is found dead at the edge of the cliffs.
At first, it looks like an accident.
But wildlife researcher Isabella Brennan notices something no one else does - the timing. The deaths in Orphic Cove always seem to happen during migration peak. Always precise. Always during distraction. And always followed by a single, handcrafted glass hummingbird left near the body.
Someone isn't just killing.
Someone is designing.
As investigative journalist Kate Moore begins digging into financial records tied to powerful developer Erik Jalinko, and Detective Adrian Shaw reopens a string of "accidents" from past migration seasons, a pattern emerges that is far more deliberate - and far more dangerous - than anyone imagined.
Then Isabella finds a schedule of her own mornings.
Down to the minute.
She isn't just investigating the pattern.
She's part of it.
Now, with another watcher stepping in to continue the design, Isabella must interrupt a belief system built on one chilling idea: that progress requires removal - and some people are simply in the way.
Dark, obsessive, and razor-sharp, THE HUMMINGBIRD SEASON is a psychological thriller about control, inevitability, and the terrifying calm of those who believe they are necessary.
Because at 4:11 a.m., someone always chooses who falls.