Twenty-third century. The Earth, having experienced an ecological catastrophe, turns to the ideals of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power on the planet is divided among a few powerful families, while millions of people are engaged in slave labor to restore the ecosystem. Meanwhile, on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, the descendants of fugitives from Earth - the distant ones - have built autonomous cities and settlements, are working to change the genome and support the traditions of a democratic society. The fragile balance between the distant and Earth dynasties is disrupted by people from extraterrestrial colonies, trying to escape from their small artificial paradise, colonize other planets and give humanity a new direction of development. Earthlings want to prevent expansion before it’s too late. Political machinations, sabotage, espionage - two branches of humanity are moving towards war...