Turtle's Gaze on Spying Stars

It is set in a future ravaged by a mysterious pandemic caused by the over-dependence of mankind on technology. The protagonist is a refugee from Sri Lanka who returns to the country and is forcibly admitted into a valley resort that has been converted into an isolation facility. Once there, memories from his Sri Lankan past haunt him, but, instead of producing fear, as is the facility’s intention, the experience has the opposite effect. He develops love and compassion from meeting strangers.