内容简介：
This is a story of the universal need for human affection. Jackson Muldoone is much more interested in making deep attachments to those around him rather than mere superficial connections. He yearns for fate to reunite him with the infatuation of his life, the enigmatic and passionate Chloe. Jackson perpetually analyzes his surroundings, all the while longing to find a state of inner peace and enlightenment. He studies Eastern philosophy in search for a route to eternal bliss. Places and objects some would find mundane fill Jackson with awe and wonder. Using the hourglass as a metaphor, he wonders why some people are pro-social, living in the upper chamber, while others reside in the chamber beneath. His journeys take him to Antarctica, where he discovers vast beauty in a land so desolate. There he finds an inner heat so warm that it threatens to melt the entire frozen continent.