As the sun advances into it's next stage the Earth has grown hotter. Plants and animals are evolving rapidly to survive, and as far as the the city of Shadripar knows, it's the last vestige of human civilization surrounded by a hostile jungle. Stefan Advani is an academic turned rebel against the corrupt government of a dying civilization. We meet Stefan as he's being transported to a prison in the jungle where it's expected he will spend a short miserable life, but thanks to his education and tentative friendship with a new guard, he has the opportunity to translate the last work of a famous scholar who died in the prison. Everyone knows there's no point attempting to escape because the jungle outside is deadlier than inside, but Stefan is determined to turn his new knowledge into not just an opportunity to live, but to live a better life.