Howard Eaton's captivating novel THE MYSTIC reminds the reader that all human beings are on an individual journey. This story, appealing in its simplicity, is about a Canadian boy, a school dropout, named Dante who embarks on an odyssey from his home on an island off the west coast of Canada and travels to Japan and China in search of wisdom'?secular and spiritual. Dante is unsettled. He yearns to know more about life. The young man wonders about...