Prospera Island is one of three islands in a small archipelago, lost in the ocean and isolated from the rest of the world and humanity — or what is left of it. The population of the island lives in a privileged...
position. They are looked after by auxiliary staff, living in cramped conditions on a neighboring island, and when the residents of Prospera grow old, they are sent to the third island — the Nursery, where their bodies are reborn, memories of their past lives are erased, and rejuvenated old people return to Prospera. Proctor Bennett is a ferryman. His job is to transport people to the Nursery. He never doubted the usefulness of his work until one day, while transporting his own father, he heard him say: "This world is not the world." What do these words mean? Why do they echo in his mind in strange dreams about the sea and stars? Why does he have a persistent feeling that someone is trying to convey something very, very important to him? Something that could change not only his fate but the fate of all who live.
Prospera Island is one of three islands in a small archipelago, lost in the ocean and isolated from the rest of the world and humanity — or what is left of it. The population of the island lives in a privileged position. They are looked after by auxiliary staff, living in cramped conditions on a neighboring island, and when the residents of Prospera grow old, they are sent to the third island — the Nursery, where their bodies are reborn, memories of their past lives are erased, and rejuvenated old people return to Prospera. Proctor Bennett is a ferryman. His job is to transport people to the Nursery. He never doubted the usefulness of his work until one day, while transporting his own father, he heard him say: "This world is not the world." What do these words mean? Why do they echo in his mind in strange dreams about the sea and stars? Why does he have a persistent feeling that someone is trying to convey something very, very important to him? Something that could change not only his fate but the fate of all who live.