When the Chinese invade Mongolia, a wandering American named Tanner is taken by four Mongols because he has a critical role to play for Khulan and her shaman sister Dzoldzaya.
To her all times are one, all distances are one.

Variants

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  1. “The Mongolian Book of the Dead” by Alan Smale, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November 2012.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Alan Smale