A terrifying journey into the earth's interior. The protagonist refuses to join the rigidly controlled society of the interior world's inhabitants and must find a route to the surface or perish. and "... a totalitarian utopia where little individual emotions are absorbed by the love for the common good. There are only two classes: the leaders and the robot-like citizens, whose minds have been 'rearranged.' and " - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 152.