The monarchy thinks light wizards help everyone if the magic is drained out of them and turned into lamps. A young light wizard named Nigel disagrees, and he sets out on a quest to change the world, a quest that will test his very will to survive.
Most of Jason Venter's books were written considerably later, from 2020 on. Defiant Light is from 2000, but much of his later style is already visible. I could see Defiant Light's world pretty easily, and the amount of action was definitely not disappointing.