The novel, set centuries in the future, follows the main character, Picaro, as he follows his cursed fate to the undersea city of Venus.

Over the course of the story, the city, controlled by a futuristic computer automated network, is experimenting with human revitalization, which ultimately takes a turn for an absurdly shocking worse.

In a flashback to 2000 years ago, Jula, an ancient, undefeated, gladiatrix, thinks about her fight with Phaetho, a gladiator she defeats, and her death.

The memories are in clear detail; he remembers how his father sat in fear of his mother across the family dinner table.

Picaro cannot forget this not even after Cloudio is brought back to life, a musician who shows potential to be a main antagonist.

As Jula leaves the University with Flayd, Picaro reflects on his past and of the time he ran away from Simoon after Omberto's incident.

All the signs later come true, and Picaro receives an invitation to a concert by Cloudio del Nero that seems poised to kill everyone in the audience.

After this truth is told to Picaro, Jula, and Flayd they fight one last battle against the evil angel of death, Claudio, before sinking the great city of Venus.

Far into the future in an alternate world, the city of Venus has descended into the sea, where it has been reconstructed under a dome and sustained by a complex infrastructure of advanced, ultra-modern computers.

This futuristic technology is able to control the surroundings that the public sees encompassing when the sun rises and sets, holographic projections of convincing fauna and flora, air and noise regulation, and weather creation.

With such sophisticated technology comes an entirely novel vocabulary of words such as camerecxi, decx, linguisticx, and optecx, all of which are items incorporating super-advanced computerization that is currently unfeasible in the real world.

However, Lee does allude to familiar foods and clothing styles that are accepted as societal norms in the cultured society of Venus.

These include Italian cuisine (e.g. grappa, absinthe, antipasto), ancient Roman dishes (e.g. roast hares, skewered peacock, braised thrushes, rose-pink lobster), and historical fashion (e.g. renaissance dresses with high waists, Victorian tailcoats, Easternized chlamys).

He eventually saves the world of Venus from Claudio Del Nero the demonic angel by sucking up his soul.

Jula was brought back to life in the underwater city of Venus, where she meets new people and learn about her true self.

Leonillo: One of the scientists at the University in Venus, who led the expedition to bring Jula and Cloudio del Nero back to life.

Many themes are covered over the course of the course of the entire series but some of the most used include: love, loyalty, apocalypse, murder, revenge, feuds, family, music, wealth, and religion.

[2] A short review of the novel Venus Preserved by Frieda Murray states, "Lee builds to a totally unexpected climax, not to mention an interesting afterword".

[5] The book did face some criticism for having "a potentially powerful futuristic science fiction novel with a strong cast that grips the reader (that) drowns by the ending".

[5] Some of the harsher reviews state that there is not an explanation as to why the main plot was happening, leaving readers wondering about the massive conspiracy and the city full of purposeless subplots.