Thomas the inventor sets out to find his missing fiancée. He ends up in Tiolis, a post-Soviet cybertown in the Altai Mountains. Due to an outbreak of an unknown virus, the thoughts of the town's residents have begun to materialize.
Tiolis plunges into a new reality on the border between the material and mental worlds. The city's factions must resolve centuries-old differences and reach a common understanding of the world to restore normal life.