The world of Taol can hardly be called a paradise. Glass showers have been raging over the mainland for a thousand years, and people are forced to hide in cities covered with protective domes. For those who were not born into a rich family, luck rarely smiles here. A young glass collector named Teolrin one day finds in the glass deposits the most expensive of the fragments - red. Teolrin is sure that now his life will change for the better... However, neither he nor his partner even realize what it will cost them to try to hide the fragment from the authorities and sell it on the black market.