Some time into the future, men has developed techniques to switch bodies. These bodies are genetically neutral clones, artificially created. And while most people buy their bodies of the open market, there are those who can afford to hire a body sculptor, the artists of the new area. One such artists is Voss Tangé. Once celebrated, later fallen from the grace of the public, Tangé now lives as a failed recluse, drinking and gambling away what little he has left. On the brink of existential suicide, Voss is contacted by one of the richest and most important man in the country, to create a new and beautiful body, he can occupy when his old one fails.
While working on the body for his new patron, Tangé discovers the true monster that lies behind the face of the Old Man.
Soon he falls in love with his own most beautiful creation and so does the old man, who, in the artists mind does not deserve her. In a struggle to save his creation, the artists has to sacrifice everything, even himself.