"An unsettling experience. [C]onfounding, touching and well-written."
--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Austin Fletcher, a disturbed young Vietnam War vet, is willed a small
house deep in the woods of northern Maine. He comes to own it by the
generosity of a brother-in-arms--a fellow soldier and confidante,
Maynard Whittier, killed in action by a wayward mortar shell. The rugged
landscape of Maine is an intoxicating blend of claustrophobic interiors
and endless frozen wastelands. Little by little, the mysterious force in
the house asserts itself until Austin isn't exactly sure what is in his
mind and what is real. And just when our hero's had enough and is ready
to quit the place, a blizzard arrives and the real haunting begins.