Search the Light

A Novel

NAPLES, 1847. 
A battlefield for the soul.
Divided in loyalty and trust, the Loewy family grapples with themselves. Wings of political unrest sweep across Europe, pushing each one to choose.
Change: To fight it or embrace it?
Pain: To confront it or ignore it?
Truth: To disregard it or die by it?

CLARA — The emptiness of her loss leaves her aching for comfort. Forced to confront her pain in a way she can’t refuse, she loses her apathy, but what engulfs her instead is something new and frightening…

 ROSETTA — With the life of her dreams finally in reach, it seems nothing can ever go wrong again. When threat crops up from an unexpected corner, she must face the wrenching truth of her soul…

JUDAH — After searching all his life for family, he’s finally found it. When he stumbles across his heritage, it seems all is put in jeopardy once again. The choice between security, safety, and truth is one that tears life as he knows it to pieces…

In the hazy shadow of the Enlightenment, this city nestled between Mt. Vesuvius and the Mediterranean Sea witnesses their struggle. Truth and falsehood. Darkness and light. Love and despair.

Search the Light weaves through a family forced to face each other and themselves. Originally serialized in the Binah as Shades of Light, this story gives a window into the hearts of those forced up against their truest selves, and the light that comes shining forth from that sacred place.

By Chana Devorah Kohn