Light-Bringer

Alethia Tailor has lived a dark and drab existence all fourteen years of her life. She’s torn between her violent father’s hatred of light and her ailing mother’s secret longings for light, along with the brighter colors that can only be seen in the light. But the light laws of her town have done a good job at keeping everything dark.

That is, until Armando Potts, a boy only a few years older than Alethia, returns home with the brightest light shining from him. Like the rest in her town, Alethia can’t look directly at Armando without intense pain. But she might not have to worry about it, as Armando is arrested and found guilty of violating the light laws of the town—a crime punishable by death. Once he is gone, the light would go with him, light that Alethia’s mother would love to see yet may never get the chance.

When his execution is botched, Alethia has a choice: Will she help him escape? Or will she let him die?