The Prism Affect Book One of the Skylight Series

Jet Stroud has always been treated like an outcast. Born with a strange condition that makes his eyes glow, people believe he is bad luck and choose to avoid him. Shunned by his family and living in a halfway home with only one adversary-turned-friend to his name, his life seems hopeless-until the day he is unexpectedly accepted into Skylight University. The renowned college-orbiting earth and located on the inner belt of the Skylight System-only permits exceptional students, which makes him suspicious why he has been selected. Once there he discovers that his strange condition is actually a disease called ephebus mortem, or the youthful death, and legend says he will die before turning twenty-four years of age. To make matters worse, there is no known cure and victims gradually become delusional just before they die.At first, Jet has his doubts about the legend, until he sees the ghost of a former student who died ten years prior. He worries that the myth may be true after all, and his condition is growing worse. Forced into action, he seeks out the remaining students who also have the disease. Cord, a mathematical savant, Bo, a reluctant track star, and Vail, a reclusive lone wolf, agree to join him on a quest to find the cure. Their search for clues leads to several old paintings with hidden holographic messages only they can see. Unexplained events soon follow, and Jet begins to fear they won't survive the semester.Haunted by shadowy apparitions, invisible ghosts and a mysterious journal, the team's resolve is pushed to the limit as they race to find a cure for the strangest disease ever know. In the end, Jet is faced with a decision that will change his life forever? and maybe the fate of the human race.