It is hundreds of years in the future. Life on Earth has been nearly eradicated following a collision with a comet and only scattered survivors exist. Some have escaped to another planet, some have dug in underground, and a few have carved out an existence on what remains of the surface. For some of those left on the surface, their lives have been managed by a small group of immortal men known as The Controllers. The Lighthouse centers around one community living on the surface. Their lives are directed by a voice coming from an ancient lighthouse. They live primitive lives behind a powerful fence and their youth are required to be taught how to live by the lighthouse. Reading is strictly forbidden, punishable by death. But outside the fence live a few immortal women who have accumulated a vast library of books. Over the centuries a hole has worn under the fence and a few villagers have crossed and have been exposed to the dreaded books, including two ten year olds, Jake and Sarah, whose reading sin is found out and they are forced to run away across the fence to escape certain punishment. The Lighthouse is about how they team up with the women and other escapees from the villages to defeat those who control the lighthouse. The Lighthouse is the first of three novels about this period in Earths future. The next book is about those who escaped to another planet and how and why they must return to Earth. And the final book is about those who lived underground and their journey to the surface. The series is about how these three groups of survivors eventually meet and resolve the mystery of The Controllers.