In a world united under one government, Hektor has all his needs provided. Society offers everyone food, a job, and a roof over their heads despite facing seemingly unstoppable population growth.

When scientists at CERN open a one-way portal to another reality, the government sees a possible means of population control. Any person in the prison system who cannot be rehabilitated after three chances is sent through the portal, never to return.

After Hektor receives a phone call from a supposedly dead girlfriend, he finds himself at CERN. Forced through the portal, he discovers...