Pulsating with the rhythms of modern San Francisco, sex, illicit drugs, and the desire to improve the self, comes a quiet woman who is first subdued and then led on a spiritual journey that, sooner or later, we all must take. Part love story, part harrowing tragedy, and part Utopian allegory, Empire of Incandescence is a gripping tale of absolute horror, of survival and resilience, and of the way in which humankind resists both life and death. It is a divinely poetic novel and a parable of mankind's moral roots, profoundly significant to our times.