The plot is a dystopian fantasy set in a future a few thousand years and tells of the consequences Shestidesyatiletie war, which led to the advent of Motion: the town tore itself from the ground and took the wheel, now the world lives according to the laws of municipal Darwinism. The main characters of the novel, Tom and Esther, once in the Open area, experiencing various adventures, but each of them, for their own reason, seeks to return to London.