Trevor Riddell

Trevor is the main character and first-person narrator of A Sudden Light. He is a 14-year-old boy who feels forced to accompany his father Jones back to the family estate for the summer. Trevor, who does not have a good relationship with his father, is only compliant because he feels that helping his father sell the mansion will play a role in reconciling his parents' marriage. As a character, he is an analytical, highly intelligent kid; but he also has a bit of a romantic side, which is evidenced by how easily he is drawn into the history of the Riddell Family and their saga.

After seeing repeated visions of a ghostly figure–later revealed to be his grandfather's uncle Ben, who died young in a tragic accident—he becomes conflicted between helping his father succeed in listing the mansion for sale and thus securing their financial...