Calling Out

There are defining moments in each of our lives. Moments that shape the people we become and the legacy we leave behind. Uri is about to be confronted with his. What would you sacrifice to save the things that matter most? Imagine a place where days are filled with the sounds and smells of gentle waves crashing upon the shores of a far-flung paradise; where the lines between friend, neighbor, and family are pleasantly obscured; where the trees themselves call out with the haunting legacies of generations past. Imagine losing it all in a moment; being forced to decide whether you will stay in the only home you've ever known or leave in hopes of a future; and then, watching everything you've ever known unravel around you. This is Uri's world. His crisis. His story. When the ancestors of his tribe arrived upon the shores of a small, remote island, they discovered something that amazed and captivated them: in the places where people died, trees grew which bore striking resemblances to the legacies their predecessors left behind. Now, generations later, the once-bald mountains of the island are lush with the trees of their ancestors as the tribe is confronted with its greatest crisis: their consumption of the native trees of the island is outpacing the native trees' ability to replenish. They're running out of trees. Will they look to the trees of their ancestors to sustain them? Or will they leave those venerated trees in tact and embark on a voyage toward the horizon to find a new land? Uri finds himself thrust into the center of this crisis, navigating an unfolding of events that challenge everything upon which this quiet, peaceful tribe has been founded. Along the way, he grapples with love, community, justice, and legacy in a journey that transforms not only him, but the lives around him as well.