"'Downpour' starts with a trickle of unease that quickly swells into a deluge of fright. I thought I’d just read a couple of chapters to get a sense of the story; three hours later, I scrambled up the bank of the last page gasping for breath."

Ron Charles, Washington Post Book Club

"This book hits like a summer squall and never lets up, a real-time, one-location doom machine that earns its place beside The Mist."

Daniel Kraus, author of Whalefall

"Seamlessly blending horror, speculative fiction, and urgent domestic drama, Downpour offers a fast-paced thriller fueled by themes of family discourse, childhood traumas, and a gripping and original environmental danger worthy of The Birds. This is a propulsive horror story, suspenseful throughout, and readers who enjoy genre-blending thrillers will tear through the pages."

Booklife (Editor's Pick)

"This weatherman is forecasting nightmares coming in from the North. Not since Stephen King's "The Mist" has a shift in meteorology felt this terrifying, but it's the human drama playing out under these cosmic storm conditions that truly elevates Christopher Hawkins' novel."

Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Ghost Eaters

“DOWNPOUR delivers tension and dread with excellent prose, but it’s the complex dynamics of modern family structures that will ultimately haunt the reader.

“Like much of the best speculative fiction, Christopher Hawkins’s DOWNPOUR transmutes social and cultural anxieties into a compellingly-visceral conflict with forces that defy understanding.”

IndieReader (Starred Review)

“Downpour is a frickin' beautiful, gorgeous little novel. Love seeps out of every page just as the 'relentless and unnatural' rain seeps into the lives of the characters.”

HorrorTree

"Dread descends in unrelenting sheets throughout Downpour. The moment you think the skies will clear, a roar of thunder cracks the walls of reality, and you fall into darkness."

Alan Lastufka, author of Face the Night

"Downpour hammers out a harrowing, heart-wrenching tale of loss of control. A stellar setup that absolutely delivers when the violence and chaos come to collect. A thrilling ride from start to finish."

Lauren Bolger, author of Kill Radio

"Gripping… Riveting… As the tension and violence effectively build, readers will keep anticipating how events are going to play out."

Kirkus Reviews