“A brilliant doomsday warning about the perils of social media, justice and mob thought, THE HIVE is also the complex story of a young girl coming of age. This is a novel about ideas, love, grief and what hold the tricky narratives of history have on the violence of the present.” — Walter Mosley

a PEOPLE Magazine Best Book of Fall 2019!

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Cassie McKinney has always believed in the Hive...

But then a chance viral comment whips the entire country into a frenzy, and the Hive demands retribution.

One moment Cassie is anonymous; the next, she’s infamous. And running for her life.

Mobirise

"A gripping immersion in social media gone wrong." — School Library Journal

"[a] gripping, tense, action-packed thriller..." — Booklist

A 2020 Hal Clement Notable YA Book

Read the first two chapters for free!

Concept by Jennifer Beals & Tom Jacobson

Husband-and-wife writing duo BARRY LYGA and MORGAN BADEN have published more than two dozen novels collectively, but The Hive is their first collaboration ... unless you count their two kids. Barry is the New York Times bestselling author of the I Hunt Killers trilogy, as well as such critically acclaimed novels as Boy Toy and Bang. Morgan is a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, as well as a social media expert. They live outside New York City, in a house bursting with books.

www.barrylyga.com

www.morganbaden.com