Smoking Venom: The Odyssey of a Noble Rogue

by Carlos Raziel

Overview

This is the journal of Javier Borrez, a gifted, and gritty high school senior from Maidenhead, New Jersey. An intelligent rogue, if you will- suffering from an existential crisis about his racial, sexual, social identities, and purpose in life, caused by years of traumatic loneliness. When he found himself sitting alone in a hallway with bloody hands after a hateful fistfight... he decides he's had enough. After much consideration, he resolves that to change his status quo, he must first run away to find himself, master himself, conquer himself, with the world's most ancient and potent psychedelic: Ayahuasca (a DMT laden brew). The problem is that authentic indigenous Ayahuasca ceremonies only occur in the Northern Peruvian Amazon. Javier will brave death and certain madness. Overcoming cops, gangs, kidnappers, and guerillas requires more than heart alone. He'll have to become his own hero, because he is his own enemy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765503744
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	12/02/2021
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

This novel is Carlos R. Raziel's debut—and if it's any token of his ability—published at nineteen in definace of "Big Publishing."
He didn't start with much and had few opportunities to speak of. Nothing but many obstacles and little resources. Except a pen and his own resourcefuless. And being nineteen is more often an obstacle too, Dismissed as young blood, despite incredulity he prevailed.
Still, there is much yet to be done.
More people to love, things to learn, words to write, and thoughts to say.
Minds to open and hearts to wile.
Wonders to witness.
His hope is that as his quest continues, that kindred spirits will make themselves known and seek him out.