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The Seesaw: A Novel of Power and Psychological Control
A man attends an anti-government protest out of simple curiosity.
Failing to conceal his identity, he is identified and arrested. He soon learns that innocence offers little protection inside a system built on suspicion and control. His crime was not violence, conspiracy, or rebellion.
It was simply being present.
Assigned to interrogate him is a skilled officer—a woman whose authority is unquestioned and whose methods are cruel and precise. Inside the interrogation room she holds every the power of the state, the weight of the system, and the freedom to decide how far the questioning will go.
Yet interrogations are rarely simple contests of force.
Over months of questioning, an unsettling psychological dynamic develops between interrogator and prisoner—one shaped by curiosity, resistance, and an undercurrent neither fully understands. Each exchange shifts the balance between them, like a seesaw slowly tipping back and forth.
Eventually the interrogator is rotated off the case.
Years pass.
But the story between them is not finished.
On the eve of the prisoner's release and return home, the two meet one final time. What happens that night will bind their memories together for the rest of their lives—and leave both of them confronting questions about power, responsibility, and the fragile boundaries between duty and human connection.
From The Hawk, whose novels explore the hidden architecture of power, trauma, and moral ambiguity, comes a haunting psychological drama about authority, vulnerability, and the moments that quietly reshape the course of two lives.
Failing to conceal his identity, he is identified and arrested. He soon learns that innocence offers little protection inside a system built on suspicion and control. His crime was not violence, conspiracy, or rebellion.
It was simply being present.
Assigned to interrogate him is a skilled officer—a woman whose authority is unquestioned and whose methods are cruel and precise. Inside the interrogation room she holds every the power of the state, the weight of the system, and the freedom to decide how far the questioning will go.
Yet interrogations are rarely simple contests of force.
Over months of questioning, an unsettling psychological dynamic develops between interrogator and prisoner—one shaped by curiosity, resistance, and an undercurrent neither fully understands. Each exchange shifts the balance between them, like a seesaw slowly tipping back and forth.
Eventually the interrogator is rotated off the case.
Years pass.
But the story between them is not finished.
On the eve of the prisoner's release and return home, the two meet one final time. What happens that night will bind their memories together for the rest of their lives—and leave both of them confronting questions about power, responsibility, and the fragile boundaries between duty and human connection.
From The Hawk, whose novels explore the hidden architecture of power, trauma, and moral ambiguity, comes a haunting psychological drama about authority, vulnerability, and the moments that quietly reshape the course of two lives.
71 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 4, 2025
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