Airlansea is a world divided into the elemental spheres of Air, Land, and Sea which was created by the sons of man after cataclysmic near-destruction of Earth by pollution and warfare. The three spheres are unified and physically made possible by the advanced technology that survives. One thousand years of peace and structured development have held citizens in a web of contentment; prescribed Life Plans are generated by a master, creed-driven computer. Everything is controlled through ignorance and the past is veiled in a pleasant blur. Pleasure abounds but duty prevails for the citizenry who are unaware they have little free choice. A core of diplomats, the only citizens allowed to travel among the three spheres, attend pageant-filled conferences every four years where they confer and enjoy the unique beauty and perfection of each other's home world. The Landworld colony is like original Earth paradise. The circling satellite of Airworld is an ethereal floating city. Seaworld lays beneath the now purified ocean. When Nea Allen, novice representative from Air, meets seasoned diplomat of the Sea, Adam Collier, they experience unprecedented passion that threatens to disrupt 1,000 years of Airlansean perfection.