Ancient Rights, a Woman's Journey, is written as a novel because Author Sandi Badash has used the freedom of the genre to facilitate the reader's own discovery of their motivational and metaphysical wisdom. Merrill Darwin, the main character, embarks on a personal journey to find answers to her immediate situation of a faltering relationship and a chink in the success of her art career. Her journey takes her far from her daily life in The Florida Keys to Abiquiu, New Mexico, whose topography and philosophy of life by its ancient inhabitants infuses her with a new outlook. An unexpected meeting complicates what she thought was an open and closed decision, making her impending return to her home less straight forward than she thought it would be. The reader's journey takes them deep into Merrill's core where she overcomes negative influences by individuals not in tune with her authentic sense of self. While the characters and the tale are of the author's imagination, the words and wisdom are authentic to the Southwestern setting. Enjoy and Namaste