A young, independently wealthy traveller (the narrator), who accidentally finds his way into a subterranean, strange world occupied by beings who seem to resemble angels and call themselves Vril-ya.
In a universe where knowledge is the most precious treasure, four brave friends embark on an odyssey in search of the mythical Library of Alexandria, guarded by the Guardian of Orion. Facing the tests imposed by the Guardian, the protagonists must confront the shadows of their past and the essence of their hearts. On this desolate planet, they discover the true key to accessing supreme knowledge.
One of the chief purposes of psychiatry is to separate fantasy from reality. It is reasonable to expect that future psychiatrists will know more about this borderline than the most learned doctors of today. Yet now and again even the best of them may encounter situations that defy all logic.
It was a strange and bitter Earth over which the Chancellor ruled--a strange and deformed world. There were times when the Chancellor suspected that he really was a humanistic old fool, but this seemed to be his destiny and it was difficult to be anything else. Human, like all other organic life on Earth, was dying. Where it spawned, it spawned monsters. What was to be the answer?