In this timely, coming-of-age mystery novel, The Luminescence Manual addresses the intimate reach media has into lives, even as it is a distant entity for the masses. Themes such as what messages are broadcast, and what effect the constant flow of information has on individuals, as well as society, will leave the reader rediscovering personal power.

Lylah Clyne devotes her life to finding her missing mother only to walk right into the lion’s den of continuing plots and arranged events. Soon, she pieces together that her mother was just one of many taken and killed for the purpose of maintaining headlines and ratings in the business of media. Exposing the truth of why her mother was taken turns out to be more concerning than finding her.