While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers bound by an oath to always protect one another discover something in the middle of the forest: a mysterious staircase to nowhere. One friend climbs up but does not come back down. Then the staircase disappears. Twenty years later it reappears, and the friends return to find the lost boy—and what lies beyond the staircase.
Log it
Sign in to log this.
Character
Grave, classical in form, earnest and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
Who loves it, who doesn't
No profiled raters yet.
Ask the title
A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
Reviews
No reviews yet.
About the book
- Author
- Chuck Wendig
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781529101041
Where to read
Libraries first: a card gets you most books for nothing. Each opens that service’s page for this title.
On Open Library, 2 have read it and 6 want to.
Charles David Wendig (born April 22, 1976) is an American author, comic book writer, screenwriter, and blogger. He is best known for his online blog Terribleminds, for his 2015 Star Wars novel trilogy Aftermath, the first book of which debuted at #4 on The New York Times Best Seller list and #4 on USA Today's best seller list, for which series he created the character of marshal Cobb Vanth. Wendig has additionally written comics for Dark Circle Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Marvel Comics, and VS Comics. He was a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2013.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
The Sun Down Motel 202083% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
Darling Girls 202482% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
Gothikana 202381% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, unpretentious.
Belladonna 202281% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
The Winter People 201480% alikeBoth grave, classical in form, earnest.
The Beautiful 201979% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, earnest.
Beautiful creatures 201079% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, earnest.
The It Girl 202278% alikeBoth classical in form, grave, earnest.
Shock Treatment 197384% alikeFilm · Both grave, classical in form, earnest.
Blown Away 199383% alikeFilm · Both grave, classical in form, unpretentious.