Joe Fernwright works as a pot-healer a repairer of ceramics in a dull future where there isn't much call for his skills. He's broke & bored when the offer from the Glimmung comes along. It might just be the answer to both his financial & spiritual problems even if it does mean working on a strange project on Plowman's Planet with other assorted odd creatures. The only thing is that the Glimmung may just be divine & ask for more than Joe's commitment to the job.. .