A novel set in the USA, England, and Hong Kong about a man who looks back on his life as he is about to die. With heightened senses due to his disease, he relives his oddly vivid memories of his childhood in England, his job as a young explorer and writer for the British Royal Geographic Society, and his later life in the USA with his Chinese wife. This bittersweet tale of the ephemeral nature of life concludes with the serenity that comes from a life well-lived.