The mind of a teenage boy from an underground world threatened by a mysterious illness merges with that of a modern day woman facing a dangerous group of anarchists in a science fiction story about technology, consciousness and transportation.
Khalek is a teenage boy who lives in an underground city, the denizens of which derive all of their food from roots that penetrate downwards from above ground. When he discovers a disease inflicting their only food source a series of events leads to the merging of his mind with that of Laura – a vehicle designer from present day earth. The population in Khalek’s world is barred from visiting the planet's surface, which is controlled by a xenophobic race of humanoids. The humanoids...
When Khalek, a teenager from an underground city discovers a disease inflicting the roots penetrating from above ground, his mind merges with that of Laura – a vehicle designer. Khalek's people are barred from the surface, which is controlled by xenophobic humanoids. In order to stop the disease, Khalek and Laura embark on a journey in an attempt to communicate with the humanoids.