Arlo Hatch, a young attorney in a white-shoe New York law firm, is facing an identity crisis: a lucrative partnership is dangling within grasp, and he’s fallen for a beautiful, New York-centric philanthropist, but he feels he’s wasting his life. He’s just shuffling money around from one corporation to another, and, lately, he’s sick of his own clients—a corrupt pharma company pushing risky boner pills, and a sketchy oligarch targeted by Russian agents after absconding with $8 billion dollars.
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Arlo quits to return to his roots in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, where he’ll take over his parents’ farm and practice a little law, unaware that the oligarch wants him killed, and that Maggie, his lover’s gold-digging stepmother, wants his farm to set up a golf compound for rich end-timers. Aided by a career sperm donor, Maggie’s rounding up neo-nazi survivalists to run Arlo off his land. With his reluctantly transplanted lover and two friends—jumbo-sized Kostya, and Mikey, his micro-dosing sidekick—Arlo opens a B&B, but when the survivalists kidnap a progressive gubernatorial candidate, planning to crucify her on a mountain top, Arlo’s back-to-the-garden quest crumbles, and the question becomes: Who—if anyone—will survive?
“Libraries and readers seeking a story replete with satisfying twists and turns that’s hard to categorize and easy to love will find THE KINGDOM OF HATCH spins an attractive yarn of discovery, changes, and threats that’s difficult to set aside, once begun.… It’s especially highly recommended for readers seeking nonstop action, strong characterization, and multifaceted stories that specialize in going in new directions. Its outcomes neatly draw all characters into symbiotic relationships that simmer with intrigue and transformation.”
—Diane Donovan, Midwest Book Reviews
