Nestled in a bay, surrounded by soaring mountains, stands the city of Omelas: a thriving metropolis in which citizens live lives of uninhibited happiness, safety, equality and prosperity. Into this utopia comes a young girl, in flight from her ruined home. In Omelas she is offered serenity and joy beyond what she had once thought possible.

But Omelas’s happiness comes at a price, and as the nature of the city’s bargain becomes clearer, the limits of joy and moral sacrifice are tested.

Based on the Hugo Award winning short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula Le Guin, Omelas is an exploration of the nature of cruelty, and what we are willing to forfeit in order to be free of it.