There are really only two characters, a young man on a journey to discover how to "solve man kinds problems" and well, for sake of not spoiling the book, another character.
This one took me back to my late nineties reads such as: Celestrine Prophecy, Tales of Power, and The way of the Shaman.
This is a read all through the night book, which will give you a different look at the state of mand kind.
here is the authors site.
