The main character, otherwise anonymous, who narrates his life, is born in the last enclave of traditional humans, the Green Country, and is constantly torn between his desire to experience the new world, and his fear of losing what makes him human.
The main character, who remains unnamed, recounts his life. Born in the final bastion of traditional humans, the Green Country, he is perpetually divided between his longing to explore the new world and his dread of relinquishing what defines him as human.