The Knight at the Top of the Stairs
A Psychological Horror & Coming-of-Age NovelBy Brett Bacon
Length4h 47m
About this audiobook
The Knight at the Top of the Stairs is a novel of psychological horror and coming-of-age suspense set in the turbulent summer of 1968—a season of riots, assassinations, and war. But for nine-year-old David, the real battle is inside his own home.
At the top of the stairs stands a shadow: a knight, silent and unmoving, his hands resting on the pommel of a great sword. No one else can see it. No one else believes it’s there. Yet every time David drifts too close to its darkness, something terrible happens.
A swarm of hornets. A loaded gun in the wrong hands. A tragedy no one can undo.
David soon discovers the shadow is only the beginning. There is something else in the house—something older, stranger, and far more dangerous than a child’s fear.
A haunting story of childhood terror, family secrets, and the darkness waiting just out of sight.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror
Length4 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 28, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2625. The Butcher’s Lesson
21. Where the Shadows Do Not Yield
2726. Sweet Danger
32. Where the Darkness Holds Its Shape
2827. The White Knight Returns
43. The Knight's Revenge
2928. A Warning in Blood
54. Danger in the Field
3029. The Black Knight Among Us
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65. The Secret and the Offering
3130. The Weight We Carry
76. The Swarm and the Savior
3231. The Table Divided
87. Mosquito Man
3332. The Cat with Burning Eyes
98. Fifteen-Cent Burgers
3433. The Burden We Choose
109. Beneath the House, the Darkness Waits
3534. Waking the Dragon
1110. The Buzzing Man's Gift
3635. A Whisper on the Stairs
1211. Where the Shadows Break
3736. The Dragon’s Warning
1312. Where the Blood Still Sleeps
3837. Fate by the Meter
1413. The Stag in the Shadows
3938. The Mark of the Dark Hive
1514. The Shadow in the Hotel
4039. Between the Knight and the Dragon
1615. Blood on the Glass
4140. The Street and the Knife
1716. Temptation in the Basement
4241. The Punching Post
1817. The Knight's Favor
4342. The Code of the White Knight
1918. The Knight in the Pages
4443. The Battle Beneath the Window
2019. The Sword in the Shadows
4544. The Knight’s Test
2120. The Knight's Warning
4645. The Knight's Final Charge
2221. The Empty Grave
4746. The Guardians at the Foot of the Bed
2322. The Knight's Legacy
4847. All Knights Must Fall
2423. Summoning the Knight
4948. White Knight Rises
2524. Shadows in the Archives
5049. Lured into Darkness
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