Diaspar gorod budushchego, zhiteli kotorogo zashchishcheny ot surovyh pustyn' umirayushchey Zemli, schastlivy i blagopoluchny. Oni bessmertny i potomu ne zadumyvayutsya ni o proshlom, ni o budushchem. Liz dolina, takzhe nadezhno zashchishchennaya ot yadovityh shchupalec pustyn' vysokimi gorami, stala domom dlya sovsem drugih lyudey. V otlichie ot diasparcev oni smertny, i ne utratili chelovecheskih chuvstv vzaimovyruchki, lyubvi, edineniya s prirodoy, odnako neredko otnosyatsya k chuzhakam s nedoveriem, buduchi telepatami.
I yunosha Olvin, kotoromu predstoit ob"edinit' dve stol' nepohozhie kul'tury
