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Turner, a rock promoter and Vietnam vet, is improbably chosen by a sect of Buddhist monks as the "Hope" -- a spiritual warrior picked to battle the forces of darkness and evil in times of millennial world crisis. And the conflagration will come in his native Alabama. The skeptical Turner is sent home with six monks whose special talents he will need. While waiting for the Armageddon, he sets off on a new concert tour, the monks performing traditional Buddhist music and dance in colleges and community centers across the South. Turner and his charges meet outrageous characters fated to help or hinder their mission -- from news reporters and small-town sheriffs to a hyperactive black mathematical genius who uses quantum physics to manipulate reality. This road-trip odyssey is hilarious, heartbreaking, and fraught with perils, including a landscape peopled with ghosts from Turner's turbulent past. A triumphant blend of magical realism and spiritual adventure, The Shining Shining Path examines the power of love, forgiveness, and redemption.

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