Teruf the Dreamer

About the Book

Teruf is an exciting fantasy novel built around the Mayan prophecies regarding the year 2012, with contributing overtones from many of the world's great faith traditions. A boy of ten when the novel begins, Teruf Warwick begins to have strange dreams that are frighteningly realistic-and even more frightening as elements of them begin to "come true." His own boyish faults appear as dragons in his dreams, only to re-appear as fire breathing realities which he must battle the next day. As Teruf learns more about his unique purpose in the age-old  battle between good and evil, he also learns that his parents have strange abilities and talents which are destined to come together in him. Events develop rapidly as Teruf travels to exotic locales and confronts ever-more dangerous foes, including murderous shamans in the jungles of Guatemala and a newborn spawn of the ancient god, Chac. In Argentina, he is introduced to his father's old friend, Malicium-"old," in his case, having an expanded meaning! The ancient Malicium becomes a mentor to Teruf, giving him wise and true counsel. Teruf's parents, Rubin and Chelsy, apear to be your typical fond parents and responsible citizens. Rubin, a scholar and a library archivist, is also his son's scoutmaster. Chelsy works as a nurse in a hospital in their hometown in Washington state, where she exhibits a gift for healing. This is not her only gift, however- she also has a strange affinity for animals, being able to understand and communicate with them, and even occasionally transforming into one of them.Their travels and adventure pursue from then on. As you read the first book in the series, "I believe you will see "Teruf" as an event in time that will ignite your enthusiasm."

About the Author

Mark, like Teruf and Rubin, is a Dreamer, and in many ways Mark's own dream-experiences and discoveries inform this story. While definitely fiction, this work is a product of a lifetime of real adventure. Mark has lived in Alaska, Utah, Texas, Washington state, and also England, and throughout this time he has enjoyed backpacking and exploring the wonders of each of these areas. Mark grew up on a steady diet of prophecies and predictions that the world was about to end, that the end of days were upon us and that we should flee to the hills and cower in fear, shunning the evils of the world and living apart from the mainstream of humanity. While Mark does not discredit the great scriptural prophets and their visionary wisdom, nor the scientists with their warnings, his reaction to their constant doom-saying of his youth has been to question whether there isn't something man(and he being that man, in particular) can do to avoid or ameliorate the predicted sorrows and destructions. At heart, Mark is an optimist and a believer in God and man-but Mark also recoginizes evil as a reality in our lives, and something to fight against. Teruf's efforts to unite people's hearts and minds the world over, and to protect the earth we've been given, with all her splendors, symbolize the struggle of all people of good will, to do the right thing by each other and our planet, to give ourselves and our posterity the brightest possible future.