Dory Maust
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| © 2007- 2010 Dory Maust, All Rights Reserved |
Don Sikes, Literary Partner for Life
I've known Dory for as long as Dutch has. Those two have been my “extended family” ever since. What they experience in their
lives has been also a part of my life.
My involvement as editor for Dory's books started with a conversation with Dory about wanting to write as a way to express my
inner thoughts and ideas. She gave me the opportunity to do this by proxy in that I was able to partner with her in the
development of her books. In this way her creativity and creation of her fictional books have let me develop and live the
characters and stories as they were born and raised to graduation as a published work.
This book was the first nonfiction effort for Dory. I've written technical manuals and regulatory publications in my prior
professional life. With this book both Dory and I have left behind for each of us the bedrock of foundation we've used to
develop a story. This is neither Dory’s “story” nor a documentary reference material that I would have written. This was virgin
territory for the both of us. What guided us was the idea that by writing this book, it would in some way prevent future such
"stories" from being created and possibly prevents the loss and heartache of lost lives in the future.
This book is not to glorify the events or the life of David Maust. His acts of torture and murder were unconscionable. However,
his life could have been turned around at many points. His acts could have been prevented at many points. This book is our
attempt to delve not only into how he became what he was and how he was allowed to continue his acts of violence and
murder, but also to let us see into the mind and soul of his development and change thru extrapolating his own words and
medical reports and analysis.
We have spent countless hours conversing about what we were attempting to do and the effects that this book would have on
the families that were involved, the attorneys, the investigators, the medical and social institutions, the public, and to us and
our families.
My heart and soul go out to the families of the boys and my prayers go to them and the souls of those who died. My fervent
hope is that with this book, no more such tragedies will repeat themselves and that the eyes, minds and hearts of those who
read it will be moved to act and correct the course of those that are traveling down the same pathway.
To Dory and Dutch: My love and my honor to have been part of this. I hope that in some way my little contribution has helped it
meet its fruition.
Don Sikes
I've known Dory for as long as Dutch has. Those two have been my “extended family” ever since. What they experience in their
lives has been also a part of my life.
My involvement as editor for Dory's books started with a conversation with Dory about wanting to write as a way to express my
inner thoughts and ideas. She gave me the opportunity to do this by proxy in that I was able to partner with her in the
development of her books. In this way her creativity and creation of her fictional books have let me develop and live the
characters and stories as they were born and raised to graduation as a published work.
This book was the first nonfiction effort for Dory. I've written technical manuals and regulatory publications in my prior
professional life. With this book both Dory and I have left behind for each of us the bedrock of foundation we've used to
develop a story. This is neither Dory’s “story” nor a documentary reference material that I would have written. This was virgin
territory for the both of us. What guided us was the idea that by writing this book, it would in some way prevent future such
"stories" from being created and possibly prevents the loss and heartache of lost lives in the future.
This book is not to glorify the events or the life of David Maust. His acts of torture and murder were unconscionable. However,
his life could have been turned around at many points. His acts could have been prevented at many points. This book is our
attempt to delve not only into how he became what he was and how he was allowed to continue his acts of violence and
murder, but also to let us see into the mind and soul of his development and change thru extrapolating his own words and
medical reports and analysis.
We have spent countless hours conversing about what we were attempting to do and the effects that this book would have on
the families that were involved, the attorneys, the investigators, the medical and social institutions, the public, and to us and
our families.
My heart and soul go out to the families of the boys and my prayers go to them and the souls of those who died. My fervent
hope is that with this book, no more such tragedies will repeat themselves and that the eyes, minds and hearts of those who
read it will be moved to act and correct the course of those that are traveling down the same pathway.
To Dory and Dutch: My love and my honor to have been part of this. I hope that in some way my little contribution has helped it
meet its fruition.
Don Sikes
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