Released on = November 29, 2005, 7:11 pm

Press Release Author = Alex Hutchinson

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = In the new novel \'Before They Were Hawks: Birth of the
Malevolent Philosophy\' by Alex Hutchinson every parents worst fear comes true as
teenagers organize against their enemies.

Press Release Body = Before They Were Hawks: Birth of the Malevolent Philosophy, a
Novel by Alex Hutchinson


Suicidal at 16, life had never been worse for James Ballum. A high school sophomore
with a sleepwalking problem, James often wakes up in places without knowing how he
arrived. This weakness is aggravated by the bullies he faces both in and out of
school, but he is developing a plan to take revenge against his tormentors. Together
with Tim, an ex-football player, Gary, a street hustler, Damian, a con man, and
Tommy, a pagan dropout, they form The Hawks Foundation, a teenage suburban hit
squad.


Boston, MA, November 13, 2005 --(PR.COM)-- What if Harry Potter went to Columbine?
The HAWKS Foundation would likely be the result of such an unusual juxtapostion.
Alex Hutchinson starts his vivid storytelling with Before they were HAWKS the first
book in this gritty series. Much like Harry Potter\'s friends the HAWKS are a teenage
group of complex yet endearing characters, each with his own personal struggle. What
makes them different from normal high school kids is a deep underlying angst that
provokes a need for revenge. It is this part of the adolescent psyche that makes the
story compelling. With the shadow of Columbine continuing to haunt parents across
America, the author had the courage to give sincere examples that demonstrate how
such extreme situations come to fruition. However, one need not fret about
exaggeration because Alex doesn\'t take their pain lightly. Don\'t expect to read
about gang shootouts with automatic weapons or high-flying fights scenes.

Set in a small town in Massachusetts in the late nineteen eighties the HAWKS clearly
don\'t exist in a fiction world. Their challenges are easy to empathize with but a
lack of parental guidance allows their violent reactions to become the real tragedy.
The effect is that winner take all attitudes and extremist political policies like
the never ending war on drugs are taken as mandates by naive high school students
who have trouble telling the difference between fantasy and reality. Instead of
\'just saying on\' as Nancy Reagan had suggested, they set out to kill drug dealers as
if it were a valid career choice. The result is a tale of teenagers walking a line
between breaking the law and losing their sanity. Given such circumstances it\'s hard
to imagine that any young mind would be able to escape undamaged. Stephen King had
once written a book called RAGE that gave frightening images of violence in a high
school. In later years it was found out that students who had performed similar ac
ts in real life had read Stephen\'s book. It was the only novel he wished he had
never published. Has Alex Hutchinson now tread down the same path? Understanding
the world from the HAWKS perspective leaves the reader amazed that the horrifying
events of Columbine aren\'t happening every day. While Hutchinson claims that these
stories are based on his childhood experiences, we can only hope that his dark
recollections were isolated incidents and not the start of a larger trend to come.

Alex Hutchinson is an award winning Poet and Novelist. He is the author of Virgin
Gloves, Backyard Empire and Before they were HAWKS is available at
www.myspace.com/alexhutchinson


Web Site = http://www.myspace.com/alexhutchinson

Contact Details = Alex Hutchinson, 6007 casa del ray cir, Orlando, Fl. 32809,
407-363-5929