An intriguing tale that entwines exploration and education." Kirkus reviews a deeply personal travel memoir that combines alpine adventure, family connections, and spiritual encounters in two very different worlds - a Himalayan village and Vancouver, Canada. In 2012, Michael Schauch and his wife, Chantal, undertook an expedition deep in the Himalaya of northern Nepal, into a remote valley that had been closed off to outsiders for decades. They led a team of artists a photographer, a musician, and a painter , with the objective of capturing a moment in time through their unique lenses. As a mountaineering fanatic, Michael had a second and less conspicuous goal to climb an unknown mountain he had only identified through a photograph. What unfolded in the mountains forced him to question his values and his own identity, and eventually resulted in meeting a little girl, which was the most profound encounter of his life. Little did either know that from that moment they would completely change the trajectory of each other's life. A Story of Karma recounts this journey, and the years that follow as Karma the little girl , and Michael and Chantal grow their lives together amidst the confusing dichotomies and backdrop of Karma's 17th-century Himalayan village, the impoverished and polluted Kathmandu, and the modern world of Vancouver, Canada.