From the Author:
Maui has long been known as a healing place because of the bona fide skills available here. But bona fide skills will often engender copy cats with all the trimmin's and not so much in the bona fides. The Prophet Pasqual is drawn on real time in Haiku and in the dojo, when contact with the aerie faerie cottage industry of Truth, Light and Healing was first hand. This is a fun one.
From the Inside Flap:
This is the story of three middle-aged men; wayward souls looking for something, who meet while studying martial arts. Ed McGuy is a simple, giant-sized sanyasin who feels a calling to be a guru. Richie Smith is an alcoholic tough guy bartender who aspires to be a blues guitarist, though he's not a good musician; and Ray Lloyd is a reformed pot grower and successful tree farmer who can't seem to connect with women.One day, for the most unexpected reason, Ed (otherwise known as Pasqual) finds himself gaining a reputation as a seer. When Ray provides financial backing and practical advice, Ed soars from hard luck to cosmic grace, complete with a growing following. His friends decide to go along for the ride: Richie to provide music before the preaching, and Ray to meet many willing women and other hangers-on, including the ultimate salesman, Charlie Fruit. All join the action to advance their own agendas.The story plays out against Hawaii's two realities, the postcard pretty one and the Hawaii of heat, pollution, racism and greed.Early success turns out to be the easy part, but it soon becomes its own hell on earth, as these three seekers find more and less than what they bargained for.
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