Living in the wake of his blundering older brother, Charles Erie was born in New Mexico to a precarious life. But it seems he is protected in his often hilarious misadventures. After disaster strikes, Charles is accompanied by an entourage of spirits which include his bellicose brother, a Hawaiian medicine man, and Our Lady of Guadalupe. They follow him on a visit to a curandera, into the deserts of Mexico, on forays through the jungles of Hawaii and onto a crabbing vessel in the dangerous waters off the Alaskan coast. This unlikely team assists Charles on his path to understanding sex, love, life, death, and what it means to be human. "Seven Falls is a luminous novel of altered states, exploring grief through the alignment of comparative mythologies, folklores, popular culture, urban legends and delirium. Folding his universes, from New Mexico to Hawaii, Hideki Nakazono explores haunting landscapes with wit, empathy, mysticism, and stark outbursts of violence." —James Reich, author of Bombshell and I, Judas "Wonderfully funny, mystically entwined, and artfully crafted—this novel could lead you to some serious pondering. Seven Falls explores coming of spiritual age for all 20-somethings at heart searching for answers." —Jeanette Stanhaus, author of In Times of Trouble