{"id":5262,"date":"2025-11-05T12:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5262"},"modified":"2026-10-17T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T21:47:53","slug":"the-atoner-of-alberni","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/product\/the-atoner-of-alberni\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atoner of Alberni"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3b8199;\">Talking fish, telekinesis<\/span><\/strong> and a failed attempt to levitate the Port Alberni pulpmill to a less-ecologically-damaging location play a role by the third generation of a family of west coast industrialists.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Cox, a remittance man from England soon realizes that his dream of market gardening on an estate in the planned resort community of Clo-oose on the west coast of Vancouver Island makes little sense and that the real opportunity is in the vast surrounding forests.<\/p>\n<p>In Ed Cepka\u2019s debut novel, \u201cThe Levitationist,\u201d obsession, greed and ruthlessness make Henry Cox a rich man. His grandson Larry, sent to work in the family pulpmill, wants no part of it and decamps to India to search for a more exalted level of being. Summoned back as the sole heir, he attempts to make amends for the moral and environmental crimes of his grandfather in this darkly comedic novel.<\/p>\n<p><!-- DIVIDER: INTRODUCTION \/ AUTHOR BIO _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<hr class=\"divider\" \/>\n<p><!-- AUTHOR BIO _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3b8199;\"><strong>About the author<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Edward Cepka grew up in Port Alberni when it was a thriving MacMillan and Bloedel company town\u2014prosperous, industrious, and steeped in the belief that good times would last forever. Fascinated by the town\u2019s layered history\u2014the contrasts between working-class grit, lingering colonial wealth, and the shadow of the residential school\u2014he began exploring its stories early on. Summers spent in the mills and forests deepened his understanding of the place. After studying English and Architecture at UBC, Cepka watched from afar as the mills closed and the town faded. What began as a pioneer saga evolved into a darkly comic meditation on colonization, environmental loss, and the ghosts of prosperity past.<\/p>\n<p><!-- DIVIDER: AUTHOR BIO \/ PURCHASE LINKS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<hr class=\"divider\" \/>\n<p><!-- BUY THE BOOK \/ RETAILER LINKS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<style>\n.buy-the-book .retailer-link {\n    margin: 0 0 0.25rem;\n}<\/p>\n<p>.buy-the-book .retailer-link:last-child {\n    margin-bottom: 0;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section class=\"buy-the-book\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3b8199;\"><strong>Buy the book<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><!-- AMAZON RETAILER LINK _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<div class=\"retailer-link\"><strong><a style=\"color: #007a9f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Atoner-Alberni-Ed-Cepka\/dp\/1989467776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><!-- INDIGO RETAILER LINK _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<div class=\"retailer-link\"><strong><a style=\"color: #007a9f;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/the-atoner-of-alberni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indigo<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><!-- SHOP LOCAL RETAILER LINK _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<div class=\"retailer-link\"><strong><a style=\"color: #007a9f;\" href=\"https:\/\/shoplocal.bookmanager.com\/isbn\/978-1-989467-77-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shop Local<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- DIVIDER: PURCHASE LINKS \/ BOOK DETAILS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<hr class=\"divider\" \/>\n<p><!-- ACCORDION: ADDITIONAL BOOK DETAILS _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<details id=\"softcover\" class=\"accordion\">\n<summary><span style=\"color: #3b8199; font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Additional book details<\/strong><\/span><\/summary>\n<div class=\"content\"><!-- ISBN INFORMATION _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<h5>ISBN<\/h5>\n<p>Paperback: 978-1-989467-77-0<br \/>E-book: 978-1-989467-80-0<\/p>\n<p><!-- PUBLICATION INFORMATION _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<h5>Publication<\/h5>\n<p>January 2026<\/p>\n<p><!-- CATEGORIES _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<h5>Categories<\/h5>\n<p>Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction<\/p>\n<p><!-- PAPERBACK INFORMATION _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<h5>Paperback<\/h5>\n<p>277 pages<br \/>Size: 6in x 9in<br \/>Price: $21.95 CAD<\/p>\n<p><!-- E-BOOK INFORMATION _____________________________________--><\/p>\n<h5>E-book<\/h5>\n<p>Price: $9.99 CAD | $7.99 USD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<p><!-- END OF BOOK PAGE CONTENT --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5263,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[457,114,451,139],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5262","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-americas","product_cat-fiction","product_cat-historical-fiction","product_cat-travel","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6006,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5262\/revisions\/6006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5262"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5262"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granvilleislandpublishing.com\/2point0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}