The Valkyries

By Paulo Coelho

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality

Paulo Coelho and his wife, Chris, spend forty days in the Mojave Desert because his mentor, whom he calls J, has told him he must find and speak with his guardian angel. In the desert the couple meets the Valkyries, a band of women who travel the desert on motorcycles. Blending memoir and spiritual adventure, the book follows Coelho as he faces his doubts and an old curse, the belief that he destroys what he loves.

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