Lightborn, better known as 'shine', is a mind-altering technology that
has revolutionised the modern world. It is the ultimate in education,
self-improvement, and entertainment--beamed directly into the brain of
anyone who can meet the asking price. But in the city of Los Sombres,
renegade shine has attacked the adult population, resulting in social
chaos and widespread insanity in everyone past the age of puberty. The
only solution has been to turn off the Field and isolate the city.
Trapped within the quarantine perimeter, 14-year-old Xavier just wants
to find the drug that can keep his own physical maturity at bay until
the army shuts down the shine. That's how he meets Roksana, mysteriously
impervious to shine and devoted to helping the stricken. As the military
invades street by street, Xavier and Roksana discover that there could
be hope for Los Sombres--but only if Xavier will allow a lightborn cure
to enter his mind. What he doesn't know is that the shine in question
has a mind of its own....
