The action of the novel takes place in the gigantic city of Venisse, already at the end of its history, actually even standing on the brink of destruction, because there has been no single government here for a long time, and the inhabitants are mainly occupied with survival. In fact, the only real force in Venissa is the mysterious Quinn, the creator of a variety of living creatures that act as servants and pets. Only a few close people know Quinn’s place of residence; it is only known that he lives somewhere in the lower levels of the Venissa dungeons. But one day, three residents of the city (the artist Nicholas, his sister Nicole and her former lover Shadrach), one after another, go in search of Quinn, pursuing different goals and hardly seriously expecting a successful outcome. (c) Nog