Snake Route is the wild, outlandish, and literally fabulous story of Luke Regan, the son of a dead Navajo shaman and a white mother, from whom he is stolen while still an infant by his mother's identical twin Emily. Having traveled from California to West Virginia, Emily takes refuge with Daniel, a wood carver she'd previously met in Mexico. Together they raise the boy on an idyllic Appalachian farm where Luke explores the magic of the natural world. Luke Learn to work wood by building his father's coffin. He comes to understand the world as a strange and magical place where flowers and animals speak, where his dreams are filled with hidden meanings. As he reaches adolescence, he falls in love with Miriam Locke. When his parents die, he is soon spending all his time with Miriam. When they both turn sixteen, they marry. Then one day they discover, in a box under Luke's parents' bed, a wrapped package and a note from Emily: her dying wish is that Luke take the package to her sister Ruth in Las Flores, California.So begins a road trip that leaves Jack Kerouac in the dust!
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