In A Glass City Composed Of Absolute Straight Lines, Ruled Over By The All-powerful 'benefactor', The Citizens Of Onestate Live Their Lives Without Passion Or Agency. That Is Until D-503, A Man Tasked With Bringing The Revolution To The Stars, Meets A Remarkable Woman . . . Supressed In Russia For Decades, Zamyatin's Dystopian Masterpiece Prophesised The Worst Excesses Of The Soviet Union, While Creating An Enduring And Vivid Vision Of What Future Societies Might Look Like - A Vision Which Would Inspire George Orwell's 1984 And Many Subsequent Dystopias.