War Bunny is set four hundred years in the future, after humanity has died out and only animals remain. Each species has developed its own culture. The protagonist is Anastasia, a yearling rabbit. She fights with her mother, the rabbit priests, and her OCD. The priests say that that the rabbits’ short lives, hounded by predators, are “good,” because that has been ordained by Yah, the rabbit god. Death is referred to as “Glorification.” Predators are called the “Blessed Ones.” Anastasia cannot bear to keep quiet about this injustice. She impulsively questions the official teachings in the front hall of her warren, and her mother exiles her from the warren. This is a death sentence. Anastasia, on her first night alone, defends clumsily when a fox attacks, and by a lucky accident injures the fox’s throat with a sharp stick. She survives. Anastasia, amazed that she is alive, digs a burrow and sets out to live empowered by a new idea: “You were born a prey animal, but you don’t have to die as one.” With more surprising wins, many rabbits, mice, and squirrels begin to find their way to Anastasia’s rapidly growing warren. Then this rebellion comes to the attention of the local alpha predators. After a large-scale attack, she sets off on a short journey to have some protective armor made. In her absence, one faction in her confederacy decides that they need to kill a coyote in order to strike fear into the hearts of the predators. They argue the other animals into doing it. As they are executing their elaborate plan, it goes wrong. Anastasia is just returning with her new armor, and finds the coyote about to kill her old friend and mentor. She leaps into the fight. Her new armor saves her life when the coyote catches her in his jaws. Then, during the fight, she slashes his throat. She succeeds in saving her friend, but she is angry at being forced into killing a Blessed One. And she’s convinced Yah will exact a terrible retribution. This first killing by the rabbits is climax of this book, the first in a series.