America, France, Japan-young lesser Jame travels to all these places and sees the good and bad of the numbers system in each, but in Japan he finds the heart of it in ways he never expected. Though he's been lonely in Lessland due to the fame and riches that set him apart from other lessers in America, he stumbles upon new friends in Japan his very first day there. A culture of mutual respect and utility appeals to him deeply, even as he struggles...