New Release Notes 07/05/22: Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib

Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib

"A deeply disturbing yet, somehow, soaring novel I won’t soon forget. It plumbs the depths of traumatized characters trapped within our damaging culture. I couldn’t look away, even when I was looking from between my fingers." - Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers Club

Tales of dread, of obsession, of past trauma coming back to haunt us, isn’t just for October. Sometimes you need an escape from the world (which is already traumatic as it is), and you need the catharsis of fear and danger from the comfort of your own home (or the beach). This book is a masterclass in tension and we can’t wait for you to read it!

Single father Todd is relaxing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of a man approaching from the water’s edge. As the man draws closer, Todd recognizes him as Jack, who bullied Todd relentlessly in their teenage years but now seems overjoyed to have “run into” his old friend. Jack suggests a meal to catch up. And can he spend the night?

What follows is a fast-paced story of obsession and cunning. As Jack invades Todd’s life, pain and intimidation from the past unearth knife-edge suspense in the present. Set in a small town on the New England coast, Conner Habib’s debut introduces characters trapped in isolation by the expansive woods and the encroaching ocean, their violence an expression of repressed desire and the damage it can inflict. Both gruesome and tender, Hawk Mountain offers a compelling look at how love and hate are indissoluble, intertwined until the last breath.