In a world inexplicably gone wrong, Peter Ogden is torn between love and duty as he feels greatness slipping from his grasp and cannot understand why. He looks within, struggling to understand his own flaws. He certainly doesn't think to blame his mysterious servant girl for the misfortunes that dog his every move. He is tied up in the past and doesn't think to look to the future. Will his inability to grasp the changes flowing around him be fatal to himself, or even to his entire world? 'Dissolution' is an epic tale that seamlessly combines historical romance with near-future science fiction.