In a tale that deals with the battle between nature and the destructive practices of industry, we find the farming town of Liternos caught in the middle. After a military device is mysteriously hidden in the town, Liternos is literally lifted from the ground and sent on an incredible journey across the countryside. As the floating town nears the ocean, it raises the spirits of other villagers and peaks the interest of an army that are having strange problems of their own.

Là c’est tout un village breton qui lutte face à l’implantation d’une station balnéaire. Une fois encore, le mystérieux 50/22B apporte une stratégie de repli à des habitants préoccupés par la perte de leur identité culturelle. Aidé par les forces occultes de l’étrange habitant d’une forteresse abandonnée, les habitants vont déménager leur village aux confins de l’Amérique latine.

The town of Jadencourt has fallen on hard times. The people are poor, the workers at the factory are on strike, and the aristocrat who was keeping the factory open has passed away. Just when things seem like they can't get any worse, the town learns that the factory has been left in the hands of the aristocrat's estranged granddaughter. When she tells the townspeople her vision for their future, it is something that they never would have thought possible...