What if consciousness could be written—like an equation?
Journey of Light is the second volume in the Ghosts of Self series, a philosophical hard science fiction epic exploring identity, memory, and the structure of consciousness at the end of time.
On the planet Verona, the civilization of Exia Astresis has achieved near-perfection. Disease is gone. Death can be deferred. Consciousness is modeled and measured. But one question remains unsolved: What is qualia—the inner feeling of being alive?
Falkinian, a boy born from forbidden love in a society governed by pure logic, begins a journey to uncover the truth of his existence. Alongside a girl named Celesia, whose faith and memory challenge the limits of reason, he dives into a world of wave functions, interference patterns, and emotional recursion.
As their research deepens, they begin to glimpse the unthinkable: a mathematical description of consciousness—a Qualia Wave Equation that may hold the key not only to evolution, but to everything Exis has forgotten.