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Up Through the Darkness

With a gorgeous setting and even more beautiful prose, Wayne Aronsen’s Up Through the Darkness is a literary novel about a long-lost family and the lengths people will go to protect their legacy.

– Indie Reader

Wayne Aronsen

Wayne Aronsen is the author of two poetry books: Art to Alchemy combined with images by photographer Robert Nease, published by Wayne and printed by Edition One Books; and A Day Completed published by Wayne and printed by Gorham Printing.

And, now, in its second printing, his latest book is the novel, Up Through The Darkness.

Wayne Aronsen

What The Critics Say

TESTIMONIALS FOR UP THROUGH THE DARKNESS

Up Through the Darkness is a book I will be thinking about for a long time

It came as no surprise that Wayne Aronsen is also a poet as the novel reads like poetry from beginning to end.

The descriptions of people, landscapes, thoughts, and emotions are so vivid and intentional, I felt fully immersed in the story.

The tone of the book is undeniably melancholic with darkness often pressing in on the characters and their circumstances. Yet this heavieness never feels gratuitous…allowing it to shape the narrative …with writing that remains beautiful even when the subject matter is not.

At the heart of the novel is Anders, a character marked by loss and emotional distance…he is surrounded by the quiet hope of those characters around him.

Up Through the Darkness is an emotionally resonant novel that does not offer easy answers, but instead invites reflection. It is a story that will stay with you long after the final page.”

Charity Farrell (educator) Feb. 4, 2026