Arcadia Falls

Frank Anderson is frustrated with his job, with his relationships, with a world in constant change. Leaving work early one day after yet another run-in with his boss, he encounters a fresh insult to his emotional well-being – the last tract of woodlands in his once rural hometown of Arcadia Falls has been surveyed for development. Appalled by the literal and symbolic eradication of the world he once knew, he follows the surveyor’s stakes deep into the woods and is surprised to discover a cabin seemingly untouched by the modern world. The cabin is home to a mysterious, but to Frank’s eyes, ideal woman. Falling passionately in love with her and the life she represents, he becomes obsessed with preventing the destruction of her woodland retreat. With growing alarm, his family and friends seek to intervene – only to discover that nothing is as it seems… In a feat of seductive story-telling, Rand Johnson uses graceful, lucid prose to transport us to an idyllic realm just beyond the reach of modern suburbia. Haunting, erotic and suffused with natural beauty, Arcadia Falls is not only thought-provoking but highly entertaining.