Publisher's Synopsis
Among the fields and rivers of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, a young man is quite in danger. Justin Hewitt simply wants to enjoy summer break from college pursuing his love of marine biology and working on his parents' dairy farm. But he soon discovers evil lurking behind every bush, every door, every device. Who or what can be trusted? Hank can be trusted.If he exists that is.Is Hank the figment of a troubled mind, or the otherworldly guardian he seems? It may be Justin has become privy to a wondrous world where gargoyles like Hank visit from other realms to protect the human race. It may be Justin is just plain unwell.Together, Hank and Justin struggle to defeat enemies in various locations, some exotic, some too close to home. And all the while, the pair must navigate hospitals, head-shrinks, family interactions, and everyday rural life. If they could only catch a break from the ever-present ticking of the clocks.Then there's the question of Hank. How could he be a delusion if he has his own feelings and wants, a family in a distant land of gray, a land where gargoyles snatch succulent fish from the sea, love one another, and know only peace? A land Justin knows nothing of.How could Hank not be real if he's the one telling the story?The Nature of Hank is the moving story of friendship in the midst of difficult realities. Fact and fantasy combine to form exciting realms beautifully written and harrowingly realistic. An unflinching and tender look into the difficulty to discern reality from delusion, desire from danger, or Hank from a figment. An enigma up to the very last page.
