In a world where food, water, and a good living are hard to come by, most struggle to even keep the skin on their bodies as is man's punishment for playing god. Siegfried is another fool among many who try to find happiness in a world by going from sin to sin while making as many excuses for his actions along the way as this story follows his life through this decrepit and sin-filled world.
Will he ever be truly happy in the flesh or is happiness something more than a feeling and way of life?