Carrie Mullen, a young scientist travels to Belize to study with Don Rodrigo, one of the last Maya healers to practice the old ways. Carrie learns the healing powers of plants but as her aging mentor's health starts to fade, she must move on.
Arriving in Philadelphia as a college student, Lee Fishman fell in love with city living and settled in. Even after traveling to Italy, Greece, France, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Turkey, England, Guatemala, Columbia and Belize she still can't think of anywhere else she'd rather live than Philadelphia. Ok, maybe Paris. As a student, fascinated by ancient civilizations, she spent time at digs and worked in an archeology lab piecing together pottery shards from ancient ruins at Tikal. Many trips to Central America, rekindled a fascination with the Maya culture and inspired her to write The Shaman's Gift
