Liz Paice

The Luminosity Prize Liz Paice

Join Jennie, a twenty-three year old ecology student at the University of Oakfield, in this fast-paced story described as "an emotional roller-coaster", "moving" and "unforgettable".



Ecology student Jennie Cliffe believes that the local badgers are healthy. Others violently disagree. Who is right?



Jennie is enjoying her life in the West Country. Both her relationship with her travel-addict boyfriend David and her PhD research, although rather pedestrian, are seemingly progressing well.



On a mission to save the badgers living in the beautiful countryside around Oakfield, Jennie is researching ways to ensure they have a sustainable future. When a badger cub is injured she meets Edward the handsome new vet.



Unexpectedly her life is thrown into disarray by cuts to her research funding and a virus which threatens the badgers and her family's dairy farm. At the same time a financial crisis hits the university and a mysterious animal activist organisation arrives in town. These events seem unconnected. But are they?



When Jennie and David disagree about their future together, she is faced with a tough decision. Finding herself living back home on the family farm, she is confronted with new dilemmas and choices.



Will her relationship with David survive? Or does her attraction to Edward triumph? Can she secure a sustainable future for the badgers? Does Jennie have the skills and courage to rise-up to the challenges that she faces?

In this fast-paced romantic thriller, twenty-three year old Jennie is tested to her limits. Over the course of a year, she discovers the true meaning of love, life and death and finds the answer to the question: Is killing ever justified?



The Luminosity Prize is a gripping story with elements of mystery, darkness, love and happiness. Set in a rural landscape, it tackles the difficult choices facing farmers, animal activists and the government when an out-of-control disease decimates lives and livelihoods.

Buy this book for an entertaining read which will make you laugh and cry. It is a brilliant choice for a book club - this will keep your members talking.