Hawk Mountain by Conner Habib
Synopsis
Thirty-three-year-old Todd is playing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of an approaching figure. Instantly, he recognizes Jack, his high school tormentor.
Todd hasn't seen Jack since school, and yet here he is - radiant, repentant, and overjoyed to have run into Todd. Jack suggests a meal to catch up. And could he spend the night? He's in an unfamiliar town after all.
Caught off guard by this chance interaction, Todd finds himself unable to escape Jack's charismatic and insistent presence in his life. But then Todd's past starts to catch up with him and Jack isn't going anywhere.
What follows is a fast-paced story of obsession and suspense as Jack pushes Todd to the brink...
Reviews
'Habib's debut novel is a bleak, dark adrenaline rush' Clive Barker
'Conner Habib writes with an hallucinatory precision, and a kind of merciless humanity, about the poisonous work of repression.' Mark O’Connell
'Brilliantly written with homoerotic undertones, this savage tale is uncompromising in its reflection of teen friendships and isolation, and unflinching in its examination of the delicacy of the human body.' Liz Nugent
'The opening lines of Hawk Mountain plummet you into an atmosphere of creeping dread and precarious restraint that won't let up until the final, shocking moments.' Caitlin Doughty, bestselling author of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
'Hawk Mountain is a suspenseful, shocking and ultimately poignant study of anguished conflict, both domestic and internal. Incisively written and intensely imagined, it's the novelistic debut of a real original.' Ramsey Campbell
About the Author
Conner Habib is host of the popular podcast Against Everyone with Conner Habib which covers topics as broad as sexuality, spirituality, punk rock, occultism, and poetry. His nonfiction has appeared in dozens of print and online publications. This is his first novel. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.