{"product_id":"the-light-at-the-top-wayne-e-g-shepherd-9781067501600","title":"The Light at the Top of the Stairs: Volume 1 of 5","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a sultry autumn evening in Toronto in 2003, death came to Trevor Nicholson -- writer, graphic designer, championship worrier -- and changed his life in ways he never could have imagined. At twenty-six, Trevor was not having much success accepting his sexuality: he was trapped and floundering in a frustrating emotional swamp of his own making. The arrival of death gave him a few more things to worry about than being gay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the other side of the ocean in a picturesque English village, Cate Nightingale -- attractive young mother, recent grandmother, and lifelong psychic -- was slowly realizing that her village was sick, getting sicker by the day, dying. People were dying too, being murdered in grisly, horrific ways. By something. Some thing. A psychopathic spiritual presence that had cast a poisonous shadow over the entire village, that had tainted the fragrant rural breezes with the stench of rot and decay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Light at the Top of the Stairs is an epic, moving tale about good people coming together to fight fearsome evil; about love, friendship and family bonds; about ancestry, bloodlines, family trees and the hidden secrets of the past; about our human journey to self-discovery and self-acceptance and the roadblocks we unintentionally create to sabotage our progress; and about how the fear of experiencing life can sometimes be much worse than the fear of experiencing death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAUTHOR'S NOTE: Volume 1 of THE LIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS is NOT a stand-alone story. Rather, it is the first installment -- ALL 5 VOLUMES NOW AVAILABLE! -- of an unforgettable tale that continues and concludes in subsequent volumes -- ALL 5 VOLUMES NOW AVAILABLE! -- also in paperback and combined-volume e-book form.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover design by Borealis Creative Agency -- Toronto, Canada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne E. G. Shepherd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1067501606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781067501600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bookshelf 23 Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Wayne E. G. Shepherd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665644196095,"sku":"9781067501600","price":19.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b320e3e-2951-471d-96a1-a2b963832bfa.jpg?v=1792013039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-light-at-the-top-wayne-e-g-shepherd-9781067501600","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}