The future. Rejuvenation programs, clones designed for different functions (guards, workers, caretakers, companions), advanced artificial intelligence, and the absence of interethnic conflicts.
Against this backdrop, a story about an artist’s fate unfolds: due to an error in the law-enforcement system, he lost access to rejuvenation and is aging in a small community—along with the fate of that community and a couple of clones. A story about the fact that rejuvenation programs and a personal artificial intelligence in assistants are still not a guarantee of happiness.