Tales of the Shaman’s Apprentice continues to be called one of the biggest adventure tales ever told. As then-chief ethnobotanist for Conservation International, Tag Plotkin spent almost 15 years tracking the shamans of the northeast Amazon. Their knowledge of curing plants may contain the cure for some of today’s most devastating illnesses. This audiobook is the exciting account of his apprenticeship to these effective wise men, a gripping trip into a wild and wonderful world rarely glimpsed by outsiders.