The Valkyries

Synopsis of The Valkyries

«The Valkyries» is Paulo Coelho's spiritual novel, published by HarperNonFiction in paperback (256 pages, in English).

Autobiographical account: at the request of his spiritual master, Paulo Coelho and his wife travel for forty days through the Mojave Desert so that Paulo can speak with his guardian angel and overcome a curse. Along the way they encounter the Valkyries, warrior women on motorcycles, in a spiritual odyssey about forgiveness and faith in the future.

Originally published in 1988 as «As Valkírias», in Portuguese; the present English edition is from 1999.

For readers of spirituality and self-improvement, and for followers of Paulo Coelho interested in angels.