Two souls, one city, and a divide that could cost them everything.In the sprawling, stratified metropolis of Dalor, your future is decided the moment you are born. For Dalor, a brilliant artist trapped in the grimy lower sectors, life is a constant struggle to find beauty amidst the hum of machinery and the weight of practicality. For Anaya, a scholar of the privileged upper sectors, life is a gilded cage of logic and expectation, her every moment curated to serve the city's elite. They are worlds apart, destined never to meet.But in the city's Grand Atrium, a single glance sparks a connection so profound it threatens to shatter the foundations of their society. Drawn together by a shared language of seeing beyond the surface, they begin a clandestine relationship that is as dangerous as it is beautiful.Their love is a rebellion. As they fight against the manipulative pressures of their families, the insidious control of a powerful patron, and the crushing weight of societal judgment, they are forced to make an impossible choice: surrender to the lives laid out for them or sacrifice everything for a future of their own making.THE LIGHT I SAW is an epic dystopian romance about love, art, and the defiant courage it takes to build a new world from the ashes of the old. It's a story for anyone who has ever felt trapped by circumstance and dared to dream of a different light.