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Peasant girl Meya Hild was "given" the opportunity to become a Lady. At swordpoint. By mercenaries. Engaged to a dying nobleman. Poisoned with one month to live. Tasked to loot a castle. In a kingdom running out of resources.Little did Meya know this shenanigan would lead her across land and over sea, from a mountain made of sapphire to an island shrouded in silver spiral clouds, with masquerades, heists, kidnappings, shipwrecks, alchemy, romance, and an unexpected "bump" along the way.Let the misery begin.***An ancient secret lurks in the very soil of the beguilingly mundane kingdom of Latakia, where Greeneyes walk among the general populace with eyes aglow, skin burning, and the uncanny ability to regrow limbs.Branded from birth as an agent of the devil and harbinger of misfortune, Meya jostles with her six blessedly ordinary siblings for the love and pride of her uptight father, Mirram, who never takes a coin of gold not rightfully earned. She yearns for adventure, fame and glory. A chance to be remembered forever as anything other than what has been decided for her.When opportunity presents itself for her to become beautiful, noble Lady Arinel, she readily seizes it. When sickly prodigy Lord Coris pledges to mentor her into the future Baroness Hadrian, she absorbs all she could.However, as she travels across Latakia in her quest to uncover the truth about Greeneyes, Meya slowly appreciates the burden of choice, the curse of knowledge, and the meaning of Latakia''''s cryptic motto: All Remember She Who Forgets Herself.Luminous follows the coming-of-age of a flawed, embittered, yet kindhearted young woman, as she rediscovers her forgotten past and embraces her femininity. Caught between two warring races, Meya wields her relentless hope in the inherent good of mankind to bring peace to the three lands.