Path of Souls

Of First Nations background originally from central Manitoba Jon Beardsley a PhD candidate dies one week before he was scheduled to embark on his final field trip to complete his dissertation taking spiritual indigenous American teachings most specifically related to place and applying them to standard theories of physics relating to questions of the universe He is survived by his Caucasian wife Grace Beardsley a postdoctorate in medicine At Jons traditional native memorial service held at Bannock Point on the shores of Lake Winnipeg Grace is reacquainted with Jons best childhood friend Brandon Eckhardt With Jon having foreseen his own imminent death Grace learns that Jon has left her a series of prerecorded video messages which are triggered by GPS coordinates linked to Graces cell phone