In a world starved of sunlight, hope burns from within.

For generations, the sky above the city of Nox has been sealed in ash, and the ruling Sanctum feeds off the stolen light of the genetically engineered—Vessels known as Lantern Brides. Arielle was one of them. Born in a lab, lit from within, trained to illuminate the power grid that keeps the Sanctum alive. But Arielle escaped. And now she’s ready to ignite a rebellion.

In the ruins beneath the city, resistance flickers in hidden tunnels and scavenged tech. Thorne, a battle-worn mechanic with a shadowed past, never asked to become part of the war. But when he finds Arielle half-dead and glowing in the dark, he makes a choice that will change everything.

As Arielle fights to rescue others like her—children raised in silence, lit like stars but treated as tools—the Sanctum unleashes its most twisted creation: the Lux Null, a Lantern that consumes light instead of giving it.

To stop them, Arielle must awaken the long-dormant reactor buried beneath the Genesis Lab and face the truth about her own origin—one that ties her to the Sanctum’s darkest secrets and to a future she must fight to claim.

THE LANTERN BRIDE is a haunting dystopian romance about power, rebellion, and love that shines in the darkest places. For fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Bone Season.