After seven years waiting and hoping, civil servant Nicholas Machida has finally made it onto the list of 'Harvestees': one thousand lucky citizens hoping to be added to the populace of the great city of Euchaea. However, his dreams of becoming a member of this perfect society are shattered when he finds himself forced to commit a terrible crime. On the run from an uncannily efficient justice system which itself appears to be perfect in every way, and with just four days remaining until his Harvest, Nicholas must find a way to escape the mysterious all-knowing systems running the city or face the flip-side to the perfect society: the perfect punishment.