Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers: the Age of Fog and Iron

This novel is not a simple retelling of the legend, but an anatomy of the legend - tracing how the two planets were torn apart by gravity in the most turbulent coordinate system of the 20th century, and how they completed the burning of dignity in their own orbits. The ultimate question explored is: In an era when all "correct" choices have become a luxury, how can a person reconcile with his own choices?