Valkyries

<p><strong>When You Love You Change the World</strong></p><p>Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? This is the question Paulo Coelho faces in this touching story about his confrontation with his past. In <em>The Valkyries</em> Paulo and his wife Cristina embark on a forty-day quest into the starkly beautiful and sometimes dangerous Mojave Desert where they encounter the Valkyries strange warrior women who travel the desert on motorcycles. A masterful blend of the exotic locales dramatic adventure and stark storytelling for which Coelho's fictional works are renowned this true-life odyssey is at once a modern-day adventure story and a poignant message about letting go of the past and believing in the future.</p>