Olo Of The Mound Builders

Life suddenly chaes for thirteen year old Olo when he is captured by Nadac, a hostile warrior.  On a forced march across an open field, Olo looks up to see a rabbit falli from the clutches of an eagle.  When he catches it, the superstitious warriors think he is a chosen one and take him before the chiefs council.  There he is apprenticed to the elderly shaman, Temasah.  Olo finds happiness in his new home except for Nadacs taunts.  Conflict and tensions escalate until Olo saves Nadac from drowni in the flood-swollen river.  Proclaimed a hero, he must prepare for induction into the tribe, by goi on a vision quest to face his fears, discover his spirit voice, and find his personal totem.  Deep inside a cave, Olo falls from a crumbli rock ledge into frigid water.  Wet, injured and alone in the dark, Olo is near panic when he asks, Will I perish here in the bowels of Mother Earth?