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Is déjà vu just an eerie happenstance or is it a reminder of a recessed past? For Austin Fletcher, an honorably discharged Vietnam veteran, the line between that truth and purported illusion is so blurred that differentiating between the two can be an exercise in futility nd revelations come at a premium.

Freshly landed in the U. S., Austin treks to the northern backcountry of Belden, Maine to honor his word and claim the house that his fallen brother Maynard Whittier willed to him ustin is a young man dedicated to the wishes of his fellow comrades Though, even he doesn't understand why Maynard chose him.

Ut Austin is a stubborn ox, and you can't reason with a bull-headed soldier on a mission He arrives to find the quaint house fully stocked but buried in the frozen wilderness, far from the constraints of civilization t's the cozy cousin to the Overlook Hotel.

And like the Overlook, Maynard's home invites the same haunting past, giving credence to the notion that a home absorbs its occupants whether they're willing participants or not is cozy days give way to colder nights And the longer he stays, the more Austin finds himself manic and isolated, manifesting the same demons he thought he left behind in Vietnam ut with a house as alive as Maynard's, Austin will soon find out that the demons he encounters are just as real as those of his own making Maynard's House is a jarring, psychological study that confronts the struggles of post-traumatic stress disorder head-on t's a novel that finds Raucher posing the thorny questions that have made the novel such a vital piece of American literature How do veterans settle back into a society that offers little to no helping hand nd how culpable are we to look the other way? It's enough to make you wonder how much of the horror that Austin faces is rooted in the external forces that plague many returning service members ut it's also a novel with an idyllic, pastoral setting that belies its demonic presence It's where the very foundation of tranquility is undermined, serving as the perfect venue for a virtual Noah's Ark ne that's cursed by a captain who abandoned ship long before it veered back to port So keep your hands at your sides at all times hese animals are famished and it's way past their dinner time Herman Raucer is best known for his novel and screenplay for The Summer of '42 his edition of Maynard's House includes a new introduction by Jenny Raucher and a wraparound dustjacket and frontispiece by artist Karl Fitzgerald.

Edition Details

• Limited to 500 numbered copies.
• Introduction by Jenny Raucher.
• Numbered with a facsimile signature by Herman Raucher.
• Dustjacket and frontispiece art by Karl Fitzgerald.
• Patterned endpapers.
• Top-edge stain.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, bound in black cloth.
• Two-color stamping on spine and front boards.
• Smyth-sewn binding.
• Book size 6 × 8 inches.
• Number of pages: 344.

External Links

• Maynard's House. Centipede Press page for Maynard's House
• Herman Raucher (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Herman Raucher