The Crossroads Just Before the Light

By Brett C Persson

Now rereleased under the author's name, Brett C. Persson, after its original publication under the pen name Brandon Michaels, The Crossroads Just Before the Light returns as a haunting story of pain, addiction, consequences, and the search for redemption.

Alex has spent a lifetime trying to outrun the darkness.

Tormented since childhood by abusive parents, he carries wounds that follow him into adulthood, shaping his relationships, his struggles with addiction, and the desperate choices that eventually lead him to prison.

Told not as a traditional, linear narrative but through a series of vivid snapshots, The Crossroads Just Before the Light reveals the defining moments of Alex's fractured life: lost love, addiction, crime, loneliness, and unexpected encounters with people who understand suffering all too well.

Yet somewhere within the darkness, something begins to change.

As Alex connects with others carrying their own scars, he begins to discover strength where he least expects it. Piece by piece, he searches for a way beyond the pain that has defined him and toward the possibility of healing, faith, and redemption.

Raw, unconventional, and ultimately hopeful, The Crossroads Just Before the Light is a portrait of a damaged man struggling to believe that his past does not have to determine his future.

Will Alex find the faith and strength to step out of the darkness, or will his past finally consume him?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1970523182
• ISBN13: 9781970523188
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Nudous Publishing, LLC.
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"