Publisher's Synopsis
October 2003, in a reimagined world of futuristic inventions...
The carefully orchestrated and compartmentalized life of brilliant and elusive Dr. Sasha Borodin has been
thrown into disarray. Regrets about having a second child, at 64, at the same time he is to become a grandfather, and of retiring from the hospital boat that has been his home for more than three decades, come too late. Even a peaceful family vacation in Japan seems impossible with an obsessive collector on his tail, willing to commit murder to obtain his prize
violin. Sasha finds himself drawn by obsessions of his own away from his much younger musical partner, bodyguard, and spouse, Katya Kaplan Zhang; the siren call of fame he has evaded his entire life might lead him to the fulfillment of his unspoken dreams, or into madness. Her love and loyalty pushed to the limit, Katya must reexamine her own life and decide who she will become, with or without Sasha. Blown by the winds of Fate, the two travel the world as they seek peace from the violence of their pasts and their way back to each other.
