The Fiction of Life is the story of Miksa Boros, a young man born in pre-World War II Europe who is forced to leave his county and hide his true identity as the son of a wanted man. His struggles are deepened when the Nazis capture his mother and the young woman he loves. His journey to save their lives helps him answer questions such as: 'How do you blindly walk into certain death?' and 'What is life really about?'