Lyndon's job is the incessant improvement of a society engineered for perfection. A rollercoaster of events however shakes his self-assured life to its core.
The modern society of the future: engineered to perfection on rational and efficient lines. Social and economic ailments are but a memory. Fulfilment and happiness is now easily measured and attained. However, there is still something missing... Lyndon seeks an engineering solution.
Meanwhile, the virtual medic network is recording a series of inexplicable illnesses and untimely deaths. The Department of Human Well Being enlists Lyndon to investigate.
His investigations lead him to the reclusive Congregation of Artists. Out of step with the society’s core principles, they engage in long-since eliminated artistic pursuits that contribute nothing of value to social development.
Contrary to his genetic and social programming, Lyndon becomes entangled in the group and drawn to the enigmatic Elisa. Following in the footsteps of the group’s leader, Lyndon is thrust back in time to war-torn Paris during World War Two, a world totally at odds with his entire being.
As he fights to survive and return to his perfect society, Lyndon begins questioning the pillars of his rational and poised life. Once firmly distinct and well-defined, edges and boundaries become now increasingly vague and blurred: rational and irrational, sacred and profane, light and darkness, even life and death gradually dissolve.