The Luminous Fish

The Luminous Fish is the saga of three families on the Central Coast of California, in the midst of a modern crisis. Alex Sanchez and his family migrate north from Los Angeles due to unrelated natural and accidental events, clogging and disrupting the food distribution network in the Los Angeles basin. A false "famine" occurs as residents overreact, compounding the crisis. The Sanchez family eventually land at the Kimball Ranch near Morro Bay. There are a series of ranch invasions beginning with livestock poaching escalating to violence and turmoil. The ranch becomes a sanctuary home for the families, two Hispanic and one Anglo, as they combat the repeated ranch invasions. Alex Sanchez battles his own personal demons as he fights off the intruders and attempts to save his marriage, his family and the ranch from disaster. The outcome is a new reality, in which each family must come to terms, carving out their future, in a world of little certainty.

The Luminous Fish is the saga of three families on the Central Coast of California, in the midst of a modern crisis. Alex Sanchez and his family migrate north from Los Angeles due to unrelated natural and accidental events, clogging and disrupting the food distribution network in the Los Angeles basin. A false "famine" occurs as residents overreact, compounding the crisis. The Sanchez family eventually land at the Kimball Ranch near Morro Bay. There are a series of ranch invasions beginning with livestock poaching escalating to violence and turmoil. The ranch becomes a sanctuary home for the families, two Hispanic and one Anglo, as they combat the repeated ranch invasions. Alex Sanchez battles his own personal demons as he fights off the intruders and attempts to save his marriage, his family and the ranch from disaster. The outcome is a new reality, in which each family must come to terms, carving out their future, in a world of little certainty.

Randolph E. Rogers grew up in Bad Axe, Michigan. He earned an M.A. graduate in English in 1990. Rogers wrote for various publications as a food writer, under the pseudonym, Randolph Wolf. Rogers, wrote, produced and hosted two regional television lifestyle shows. As a grower and rancher, Rogers was a founding director of the Central Coast Ag Coop. Two collections of short fiction were published in 2017 by Distorted Visions in Carmel, California. Rogers resides in Paso Robles, California on Woodpecker Ranch Vineyard.