After discovering the soul is real and realizing that many diseases can be cured because of this discovery, Dr. Michael Sterling fights an internal conflict of wanting to save lives and watching overpopulation destroy the caste-orientated society that has created dystopian world of the 24th century. His benevolence leads him to work out a monstrous way to solve overpopulation. In doing so he runs the risk of being considered the worst genocidal villain in history.