Lumen

Every citizen of Laurentia takes their daily dose without question—a neural supplement that keeps the city calm, productive, and content. Compliance technician Luisa Vellsen never doubted the system until she uncovered data suggesting the supplement is quietly eroding something far more precious than mood. Now reassigned and silenced, Luisa must choose between the safety of ignorance and a truth that could shatter the only peace her world has ever known. What she finds will challenge everything Laurentia was built to protect.