In the 24th century...Martin Roberts is the product of a hyper-sexual culture. As a youth, he longed to join it. As a man, he has immersed himself within it. But as time passes, he begins to sense that something is lacking in his life.... Having all that he'd longed for seems not to be enough.... Then he encounters the lovely Celeste Wainwright, only to discover that she is unattainable to someone like himself, for she is a member of the NAY community...those who are in stark contrast to the promiscuous mainstream: Nay people do not have sex Now Martin realizes that it's the longing itself that he's longed for....