Becoming Meenakshi

Book 1 of The LumenCorp Chronicles

By: Juliet Benson

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Jamie, a young man from Leeds, voluntarily steps into the unknown when he's offered a chance to escape his life, driven by his growing desire for something different. With little knowledge of what lies ahead, he agrees to a gender swap, fully aware of the change in his body but unaware of the life that awaits him. In a secretive operation orchestrated by a shadowy agency, Jamie finds himself in the body of Meenakshi, a 20-year-old woman from a working-class family in the bustling streets of Patna, India.

Thrown into a world of grueling factory work, familial obligations, and the limitations imposed by her traditional upbringing, Jamie must navigate the struggles of a life that was never his own. As he adjusts to Meenakshi’s body, her responsibilities, and her dreams, he begins to question not only his new identity but the agency’s true intentions.

"Becoming Meenakshi" is a powerful exploration of transformation, survival, and self-discovery. Trapped in the life of a woman he can never fully become, Jamie must face the question of whether he can ever return to who he was—or if Meenakshi’s life will swallow him whole. Will Jamie ever reclaim his past, or will he be lost forever between two lives?