Journey from the Keep of Bones

This is a character-driven novel, in which place is an important factor. The author interweaves the stories of four characters on spiritual quests which take place alternately in ancient meso-America and contemporary New Mexico.

Due to an uprising of their women in an ancient meso-American village, two jaguar priests find taboos broken and chaos rampant. The four of them rashly promise to return together in the future, reincarnated as the opposite sex. In the contemporary singles world of New Mexico, a Santa Fe channeler, a mysterious obsidian jaguar knife and synchronicity itself help the four reincarnates rediscover each other and become intimate, against a serious-but-playful background of self-help pop psychology, modern relationship issues, urban tension and spiritual healing in the New Mexico mountains. Two of them ultimately find a home in each other and continue their journey in partnership, while the other two are more haunted and unresolved and are finally resigned to their solitary quests. This novel carries a hopeful message; a channeler tells the lovers, "Fear is inappropriate at this time. Be prepared for love beyond your wildest dreams!"