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The militia house : a novel / John Milas.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250857064 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 258 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023.
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| Subject: | Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Fiction. Americans > Afghanistan > Fiction. Haunted places > Fiction. Soldiers > Fiction. Afghanistan > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Horror fiction. War fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Milas | 31681010331619 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"A spine-tingling and boldly original gothic horror novel. It's 2010, and the recently promoted Corporal Loyette and his unit are finishing up their deployment at a new base in Kajaki, Afghanistan. Their duties here are straightforward--loading and unloading cargo into and out of helicopters--and their days are a mix of boredom and dread. The Brits they're replacing delight in telling them the history of the old barracks just off base, a Soviet-era militia house they claim is haunted, and Loyette and hismen don't need much convincing to make a clandestine trip outside the wire to explore it. It's a short, middle-of-the-day adventure, but the men experience a mounting agitation after their visit to the militia house. In the days that follow they try to forget about the strange, unsettling sights and sounds from the house, but things are increasingly . . . not right. Loyette becomes determined to ignore his and his marines' growing unease, convinced that it's just the strain of war playing tricks on them.But something about the militia house will not let them go. Meticulously plotted and viscerally immediate in its telling, The Militia House is a gripping and brilliant exploration of the unceasing horrors of war that's no more easily shaken than the militia house itself"-- - Baker & Taylor
In 2010 Kajak, Afghanistan, Corporal Loyette and his unit, to escape days mixed with boredom and dread, make a clandestine trip to explore a Soviet-era militia house rumored to be haunted and find themselves changed in horrific ways from this house that will not let them go. 80,000 first printing. - McMillan Palgrave
Longlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize
Nominated for the 2023 Shirley Jackson Award
âAn extraordinary novel about the quiet and not so quiet horrors of war.â âRoxane Gay
Stephen King meets Tim OâBrien in John Milasâs The Militia House, a spine-tingling and boldly original gothic horror novel.
Itâs 2010, and the recently promoted Corporal Loyette and his unit are finishing up their deployment at a new base in Kajaki, Afghanistan. Their duties here are straightforwardâloading and unloading cargo into and out of helicoptersâand their days are a mix of boredom and dread. The Brits theyâre replacing delight in telling them the history of the old barracks just off base, a Soviet-era militia house they claim is haunted, and Loyette and his men donât need much convincing to make a clandestine trip outside the wire to explore it.
Itâs a short, middle-of-the-day adventure, but the men experience a mounting agitation after their visit to the militia house. In the days that follow they try to forget about the strange, unsettling sights and sounds from the house, but things are increasingly . . . not right. Loyette becomes determined to ignore his and his marinesâ growing unease, convinced that itâs just the strain of war playing tricks on them. But something about the militia house will not let them go.
Meticulously plotted and viscerally immediate in its telling, The Militia House is a gripping and brilliant exploration of the unceasing horrors of war thatâs no more easily shaken than the militia house itself.
