The story takes place on the fictional world of Isis.

He has forced the people to abandon all technology and become a simple, agricultural community full of taboos.

Upper Isis is now a forbidden zone, because, so they believe, the Guardian put a curse on the mountains, imprisoning the people in their own valley.

One boy, Jody N'Kumo, grandson of one of the original settlers, breaks one of the most sacred taboos, and is banished to the land of Guardian, although everyone knows he is simply being sent to his death.

However, Jody does not die, and discovers a place called Bamboo Valley.