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Part One and Two of the Jamari and the Manhood Rites Trilogy in one volume. Jamari and the Manhood Rites In the year 2115, in the post-apocayptic Pacific Northwest,The Elk Creek Tribe remains society's best hope of survival--promoting harmony, and the sharing of resources therough a strict code of values. He's spent his life as a sheltered youngling of the tribe. But now, young Jamari is ready to take the next step. Through a series trainings and challenges he must undergo the process that will transform him from a boy into a man. As he undergoes the rigorous physical and mental training, Jamari also finds himself delving into a new world of self-discovery. He is discovering forbidden feelings for his mentor in the Night Studies even as his leaders challenge him to accept the Rule of Attachment. Jamari Shaman Eager to become a tribal sub-chief and warrior, the Manhood Rites reveal underlying talents as a shaman, taking Jamari down a new and undesired path. Physically tested, he journeys with and expedition to the coastal areas to render salt for his tribe. He enounters other peoples who live outside the tribal influence, at times with disastrous consequences. Along the way he must also find passage into his own spirit and soul, unearthing unsuspected talents and skills. The powers he discovers will destroy him if he can't determine his own life path.

In this final book of the trilogy of Jamari and the Manhood Rites, Jamari completes the many challenges of the Manhood Rites. He is welcomed as a full adult into his community. Then outside forces invade tribal lands and his world is upended. Jamari is working to complete his first major undertaking as a shaman in the form of a spirit totem pole for the Elk Creek Tribe. Shaman Vision is calling him to a task that frightens him beyond belief as it forces him to recall the most painful happenings in his young life and then face the meaning of those events. He is building a working relationship with the Sophia Shaman, highest representative of women shamans in the tribe. Along the way he discovers that he can hear trees! Danger, excitement, stunning achievement despite many human shortcomings await. The reader has every chance of discovering more about themselves within than they ever do about Jamari. From the Developmental Editor: "Holy Brother/Mother/Father/Sister of God! Randy, you're not a writer, you are a prophet! And you have delivered the message with courage and love. Blessed be. I am in total Awe! Namaste' my friend."