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What if your ten-year-old knew more about your past than anyone in the world – even you?

Sheri Lambert is the classic New York workaholic: driven ad exec, financially successful, emotionally empty. Searching for meaning in her life, Sheri becomes a single mother. From the start, her son, Zig, displays strange behavior. He recalls people and places he couldn't possibly know, leading Sheri to a startling discovery of a hidden ancestry she never knew existed. With Zig, the past alters the present and reality merges with the fantastic.

From the urban grind of present-day Brooklyn to the shamans and rituals in the rain forests of 19th-century Panama and Costa Rica, two interwoven stories collide. Sheri learns she must find the courage to trust Zig and his mystical guidance to uncover the secrets of her past—or remain lost to herself and the truth about her origins.

Praise for Song of the Shaman:

"Leach's novel is a brutally honest look at the life of a single mother named Sheri with a high-powered advertising gig who realizes her son, Zig, is the true key to the secrets of her past. Effortlessly moving between the city streets of New York and the jungles of Central America, the book follows the protagonist on a difficult journey of self-discovery. The settings are vivid and well rendered." – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"A beautiful and compelling novel about a mother's yearning—for her origins, for unconditional love, for the sacred, and for the secret behind her son's mysterious connections to the past. Song of the Shaman tells a haunting story of what happens when the wounds etched on a woman's soul long ago are finally brought into the light of awareness." —NANCY PESKE, Co-Author of Cinematherapy for the Soul: The Girl's Guide to Finding Inspiration One Movie at a Time

"The opening scene is a gritty one of a woman giving birth on the Brooklyn Bridge. Which of course means I can't stop reading even if I wanted to." —TIPHANIE YANIQUE, Author of Land of Love and Drowning.

"I was totally taken by the modern woman's struggle with identity and spirituality." —CATHERINE TEXIER, Author of Victorine

"Annette Leach weaves a fascinating historical love story with a present-day, single mother's quest for self-discovery. In both women work to transcend the cultural norms of their time. A well written, thoroughly enjoyable page-turner." —DEIRDRE FISHEL, Writer, Director, and Producer, Sperm Donor X

"A tale that is part fanciful and completely intriguing… From a forbidden love hundreds of years ago to a young boy in present-day, Ms. Leach successfully crosses the centuries bringing the readers along with ease. This novel makes one ponder the possibility of past lives and think harder about deja vu. An intricate story told in a simplistic way. I look forward to reading more of Annette Leach's work." —DEE CASADO, Blogger,NetGalley Book Reviewer

"This story was hypnotic and alluring as a mother struggles to find her past to know who she is. Across the exploration, the reader will root for single mother Sheri and her son Zig in the present day and be captivated by a family meeting an indigenous Shaman in 1899. It all comes full circle when the past is reborn into today. Romance, intrigue, the struggle of single motherhood and discovering roots all culminate into a fantastic tale." —SHANNON GOMEZ, Blogger, NetGalley & Goodreads Book Reviewer

"This story made the hair on the back of my arms stand straight up. Unforgettable." —ROSEMARY SMITH, Blogger, NetGalley & Goodreads Book Reviewer

About the Author:

Annette Vendryes Leach is a New York City author, publisher, and entrepreneur who started as a Madison Avenue advertising copywriter. She wrote award-winning magazine, radio, and TV ads for clients from Soda to the CIA. After a successful career that saw her rise to Creative Director, she decided to follow her true passion for books and fiction writing.

Annette founded the pioneering Black Literary Club, the first major book club devoted to African American, African, and Caribbean literature. Her membership in writers' workshops led her to publish a short story and begin writing her first novel, Song of the Shaman.

With a lifelong interest in spiritual truths, Annette completed a three-year course in Kriya Yoga from the Self-Realization Fellowship, which influenced her writing. She is a graduate of The New School, majoring in Creative Writing and Comparative Religion.

As a publishing consultant, Annette provides services for authors and publishers. She is currently working on a new novel while living in Manhattan with her husband.

Two vivid family stories inspired Song of the Shaman:

1. The mystical things my sons told me when they were little about their past lives and where they were before they were born. Their extraordinary stories led me to ponder questions of identity -- who are we really, what does the knowledge of past lives bring to the present, and why?

2. My grandmother was orphaned when her mother died in childbirth. I set out to trace her family roots in Panama, but my search yielded few clues. She was a quiet, private woman. I was always curious about the vacant look on her face, her faraway eyes. I now attribute that look to her lost ancestry. The facts I uncovered guided me to craft this story to give my grandmother a history and honor her memory.

In Song of the Shaman, weaving a historical love story with a contemporary single mother's search for her origins transformed me as a writer and storyteller. For more insights, please visit annetteleach.com.