A three day solitary trip into the mountains changed Niki Collins-Queen's life. She went backpacking expecting a recreational experience; instead she had a spiritual awakening. Buy your copy! Amazon Amazon.co.uk Froogle Barnes & Noble.com New Leaf Georgia Wilderness Society Taking a leap of faith, Niki Collins-Queen gave up a successful career and the comforts of civilization for a year. Earth, the Forgotten Temple is the inspiring true story about a woman's spirit quest while she hitchhiked on sailboats in the Bahamas, backpacked alone in the mountains and canoed in the Everglades and on the Suwannee River. Excerpt "In the wild I have flashes of self-forgetfulness--holy moments that seem to purify my soul."

She Knows How to Tell a Story
“Niki Collins-Queen really knows how to tell a story. One’s interest does not flag. One has the feeling of an author holding nothing back.


—Forrest Altman, Author of Wilderness Adventures, Afoot and Afloat




Her Writing Has a Hemingway-esque Quality
"Niki Collins-Queen's writing has a distinctively Hemingway-esque quality to it as she depends heavily on dialogue alternating with brief, vivid descriptions to propel her story forward. I feel deeply honored to have experienced her book."


--Pamela Stanescu, Editor & Educator







Life is an Adventure, if You Only Know How to Live It.
“Earth, the Forgotten Temple is a brave book by a brave woman who has endured the dangers nature can offer as well as the joys it brings those who take the time to fully appreciate its wonder…But its essence is that of a quest—one person seeking the true spirit of nature and God.”


—From the Foreword by James Palmer, The Macon Telegraph