As in "Heliopolis," Jünger creates a utopia in the city of Eumeswil, where two different power groups confront each other. Once founded by the Diadochus Eumenes, the supporters of the current tyrant Condor now face off against those of the overthrown tribune. Shifting between history and the future, the world is both familiar and unfamiliar, especially when the "Luminar," a time machine, comes into play. The first-person narrator Martin "Manuel" Venator seems to consider liberal views outdated – is this Jünger’s reaction to the criticism of his work?.