Speakers of the Earth : book two : a mountain spruce
(Book)

The council of The Speakers has just ended, and Ray Holdman must now confront gifts and capabilities that are coming to him quickly and inexplicably, in ways both frightening and dangerous. No longer certain who - or even what - he is or is becoming, Ray quickly learns that without all the help his remarkable new friends have to offer, nothign but catastrophe will follow.