{"id":262087,"date":"2026-07-13T18:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/haven-ani-katz\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:49:16","slug":"haven-ani-katz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/haven-ani-katz\/","title":{"rendered":"Haven – Ani Katz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The old Pakistani guy working there screamed like a woman when he saw me. He said he thought I was a ghost.\u201d Blaise had told his story in a rush, as if he couldn\u2019t get it out of his body fast enough, his words flowing too quickly and thickly for anyone to interrupt. When he finished there was a shocked silence, a moment of suspended horror. Then Wynn snorted. The others looked at him.<\/p>\n

Wynn tried to compose himself. \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d he said to Blaise. He pressed his knuckles to his lips, tried and failed to hold in another laugh. \u201cJust, the image of you out there. And the guy at the bodega screaming like that.\u201d Wynn snorted again, brushed his hair out of the watery slits of his laughing eyes. Blaise stared at him, tremulous, blinking hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not funny.\u201d His voice broke. Grimacing, he rubbed his eyes with the heel of his palm and sniffed. The others were still silent, still horrified. \u201cPeople always do this,\u201d Blaise choked out. \u201cThey always laugh when I tell the story, because they think I\u2019m just some fucking himbo, that everything I do is a fucking joke. But it\u2019s not a joke.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not funny. I could have died.\u201d He sobbed suddenly into his hands, and the sob released the rest of them from their suspended state. Taryn joined Blaise on the couch and held him. The other women made sympathetic sounds. Wynn brushed his hair out of his eyes again, stood up and sat down again, looking stricken. Perry got up and went into the house. \u201cIt\u2019s not funny,\u201d Blaise repeated, snuffling into Taryn\u2019s breasts. \u201cYou\u2019re right, baby,\u201d she soothed, rubbing his back. \u201cIt\u2019s not.\u201d Perry returned, brandishing the brown glass medicine dropper.<\/p>\n

The others unhinged their jaws like baby birds, waiting their turn as Perry came around and dispensed a dose of Q into each gaping mouth. Then he was standing over Caroline, grinning, dangling the dropper above her head, but before she could accept or refuse, he snatched it away. \u201cSorry,\u201d he said lightly. \u201cI forgot. None for Mama.\u201d \u201cBut\u2014\u201d They all looked at her. The argument had been her fault to begin with. But if she took the Q, maybe they would see that she meant well, that she truly wanted to be part of the group.<\/p>\n

That she was one of them. \u201cJust a tiny bit,\u201d she said. She could tell it was the right decision when the others exchanged smiles. Lips parted, eyes closed, Caroline didn\u2019t even feel the drop dissolve on her tongue. Though it seemed impossible that the Q could take its effect so quickly, a sense of calm descended.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHaven not only draws a timeless portrait of early motherhood, it unflinchingly examines how much of our humanity we\u2019re willing to sacrifice for comfort. Absorbing and uncanny.\u201d \u2014Tracy Sierra, author of Nightwatching \u201cHands down the trippiest book I\u2019ve read all year, Ani Katz\u2019s Haven marries the feverish anxiety of new motherhood with a level of techno-paranoia worthy of Black Mirror.<\/p>\n

Plotted on shifting sands, and with a cast of inscrutable locals, mystical card games, a teenage coven, and a missing baby, Haven operates as both a futuristic fable as well as a truly unhinged thriller.\u201d \u2014Ellie Eaton, author of The Divines Praise for A Good Man \u201c[An] ingenious slow burn.\u201d \u2014Entertainment Weekly \u201cPowerful and unsettling\u2026Produces in the reader a sense of foreboding that builds with ever- increasing intensity to the inevitable and brutal climax\u2026[A] masterly first novel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Publishers Weekly (starred review) \u201cAs she expertly builds a growing sense of dread, Katz creates an unsettling atmosphere of paranoia, fear, and rage, hinting at the catastrophe to come through ominous comparisons to the tragic operas Thomas loves. This is the sort of relentless novel you can\u2019t put down even when you\u2019re afraid to read what happens next. An unnerving and absorbing exploration of modern masculinity and how the seeds of violence are sown.\u201d \u2014Kirkus Reviews \u201cChillingly good\u2026Katz has delivered a whip-smart, beautifully written meditation on marriage, masculinity, and the thin line between happiness and disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014BookPage \u201cA mature and wicked debut\u2026Evokes Highsmith\u2019s Ripley, or Denise Mina\u2019s The Long Drop, and heralds the entry of a fantastic new voice to the genre.\u201d \u2014CrimeReads \u201cSimultaneously nightmarish and utterly compelling\u2026A masterful, suspenseful tale told by an ultimate unreliable narrator.\u201d \u2014Booklist (starred review) \u201cSordidly gripping.\u201d \u2014The Guardian \u201cA Good Man\u2019s exploration of masculinity in a world of instability makes it a timely read.\u201d \u2014Vanity Fair \u201cHighly impressive\u2026A striking modern tale of violence, sexual abuse, and vindictiveness.\u201d \u2014The Independent \u201cAni Katz is a brilliant writer.<\/p>\n

I sat down to read A Good Man and didn\u2019t move until I\u2019d finished it. This is a spellbinding work of psychologically potent art. I can\u2019t wait to read what she does next. I loved this book.\u201d \u2014Caroline Kepnes, author of You \u201cKatz draws a life in its most delicate lines, then destroys it. And this is a story you won\u2019t forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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