Rape, in author Van Heller's (John Stevenson's) own words: "is a very simple story about a man with an obsession. A man searching for an ideal woman; for a satisfaction and content the orgasm seems to offer but constantly withholds." This book was an instant success for Stevenson (and the Olympia Press), leading many a soldier or naval crewman to write to Girodias, asking when the next Van Heller was coming out.