The Zedland Chronicles

<P class=MsoPlainText style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><FONT face=Consolas>Zed a bright but troubled fifteen-year-old orphan subject to disturbing but revealing dream-visions along with a small group of dissident families must contend with the oppressive prophecy-driven ways of their clan as they attempt to overcome long odds to achieve his murdered parents' dream: a world without cruelty ignorance or greed.</FONT></P><P class=MsoPlainText style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office /><o:p><FONT face=Consolas> </FONT></o:p></P><P class=MsoPlainText style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><FONT face=Consolas>The three-part saga tracks multidimensional characters as they navigate their primitive environment searching for the twelve magnificent emeralds needed to fulfill the prophecy at the heart of the clan's ritual-bound culture. At the helm is Lunix the cunning shaman and Lerk the headman a woman-hater who jumps at Lunix's command. Zed's enemies also include Atur a deeply disturbed man who is the leader of Lunix's goon squad and Atok Atur's son a bully who walks with anger rather than pride because he fathered a female child.</FONT></P><P class=MsoPlainText style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><o:p><FONT face=Consolas> </FONT></o:p></P><P class=MsoPlainText style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><FONT face=Consolas>Buela the medicine woman is at the center of the progressive group that began with Zed's parents along with Sani Buela's daughter and medicine woman-in-training who possesses sharp wit and astounding sensory acuity. Paramount among Zed's supporters is Zhiaban an altruistic yet enigmatic music-loving tree-goddess whose magical powers come to his aid as he and his friends first must flee and then find a way to return to their homeland and share their new ways with the clan.</FONT></P><P class=MsoPlainText style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><o:p><FONT face=Consolas> </FONT></o:p></P><P class=MsoPlainText style=MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt><FONT face=Consolas>Rife with adventure intrigue magic love humor triumph revelation and disappointment THE ZEDLAND CHRONICLES/ORPHAN RUNNING examines with no apologies controversial subjects such as faith patricide parenting and altered consciousness. <SPAN style=mso-tab-count: 1>  </SPAN><SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>   </SPAN></FONT></P>