ABOUT THE BOOK

Since the war, Jake MacCorkle’s unanswered questions haunt him. He drifts through life in a flat, emotionless routine between his father’s home and the VA …until the dreams start.
At the breakfast table, he jokes about them. His father’s mysterious reaction is unexpected. “We need to talk,” is all he will say.
When his father dies in an automobile accident, Jake is devastated.
His father’s will leaves him thousands of mountain acres with ironclad caveats: never cut a tree, never build a road, and never sell it. The lawyer knows nothing. A handwritten letter from his father asks a favor, “Spread my ashes on the land.” A single puzzling hint comes in the letter, “experience it for yourself”.
Driven to fulfill his father’s last wish, Jake travels to the property and unwittingly renews an ancient relationship of friendship, love, danger, and magic.

Local Connection: In a way, this event is a homecoming. Dr. Mauldin spent over 20 years living and working in LaGrange. He started the Difficult Child Program in the LaGrange elementary schools, consulted with the Troup County Juvenile Court, served on numerous boards, and was a Psychologist in private practice before retiring to the North Georgia mountains.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Mauldin retired to the North Georgia Mountains after living and working for 30 years as a Psychologist in LaGrange and Jasper, Georgia. He and his wife have lived in Big Canoe for 14 years. He is a combat veteran who served in Vietnam.