Sixteen year old Eris Payton wants more than anything to start her life fresh and struggles to reinvent herself. When she meets Nelson, he offers an escape from her current life into the unknown shadows of his own world. She can't say no and she learns just how different she really is as her life changes in a way she would never have imagined. Nelson needs Eris to follow him back to Downside before the epidemic gets worse, otherwise his brother will die. But he must convince her that he's real and that her DNA holds the key in time to save his brother. How can he convince her to trust him? Facing truths that challenge everything she thought she knew, Eris discovers the hidden world of lucents and her own mysterious origins. She finds herself and uncovers answers to questions she never thought to ask. "Snizek creates an engaging world." - Kirkus Reviews