For Ayana Outerbridge, a biracial fourteen-year-old girl, summer vacations on the evergreen Pacific Northwest coastline had once been a time of play and relaxation. But now her father is dead, and all that was bright is now dark. Until one day she finds a strange and startlingly beautiful seashell...Just offshore, the river otter Sleek has broken the Law. He has entered the forbidden Garden to retrieve a mind-elevating gift for his true love Gloss, headstro...

What if the root of all suffering is simply a misperception?Step into a life-changing journey where fiction meets metaphysics, science dances with spirituality, and a transformational workshop reveals the ultimate secret: separation is an illusion.In this eye-opening book, you'll join an unforgettable cast of seekers-each carrying wounds, doubts, and questions-as they gather for a heart-opening seminar led by the enigmatic Dr. Onene...