Spirit Talker: The Legend of Nakosis

In this satisfying, epic novel, Coles chronicles a spiritual journey for one young man and for a nation in pre-contact western North America. Born the night sky-fire passes overhead, Nakosis, a member of the White Mist Village people, is destined to be a great shaman. He apprentices with old shamans Loka and Chako, who teach him that the spirit and waking worlds are connected. After channeling the magic of first-shaman Hohopas, Nakosis embarks on an adventure of hundreds of miles across the Pacific Northwest to find and unite the descendants of a great nation that dispersed generations ago. With the help of the spirits of Raven, Bear, Panther, and Eagle, Nakosis battles enemy warriors; confronts an evil shaman pretender; encounters Sheenka, a woman with powers equal to his own; and learns the secret of the Mountain of Fire. In effortlessly flowing language, Cole sets his emotional tale of sacred wisdom, discovery, and romance in a lush, unspoiled world of lakes and redwoods. [em](BookLife) [/em]