Rishi

The Author Is A Native Of The West Coast Here In The United States Getting A Start In Life In The San Francisco Bay Area. His Early Years Included A Multitude Of Outdoor Activities Including Fishing Mountaineering Rock Climbing And Six Years Of Work With The National Park Service As A Backcountry Ranger. Ever Since Receiving A Master'S Degree In Biology From Humboldt State University In The 1970S The Author Has Been Heavily Involved With The Commercial Fishing Industry Primarily In Alaska. Along The Way However The Course Of His Career In Fisheries Has Allowed Him To Accept Long-Term Overseas Work Assignments In The Soviet Union In The Sultanate Of Oman And In India. In 1979 The Author Again Packed His Well-Used Rucksack And Headed Off To Nepal And India Where In Part He Completed A Three-Week Trek Through The Himalayan Highlands In The Same Areas Largely Described In This Book. It Was There In Those Oxygen-Deprived Mountain Valleys That The Author First Laid Plans To Write A Book Whose Main Character Would Ultimately Be Rishi As Described In The Present Book. The Author Found Himself Continuously Asking The Question What Would Happen If A New Age Messiah Would Visit The Earth Today? And More Interestingly The Author Queried Himself What Would Happen If That Modern-Day Messiah Was Neither White Nor Christian? This Book The Visitor Attempts To Provide One Potential Answer As To What Might Take Place Under The Above Scenario.