The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

"Everyone believes the world's greatest lie."

"What's the world's greatest lie?" the boy asked, completely surprised.

"It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.  That's the world's greatest lie."

Not going to say much about The Alchemist.

It's the story of a shepherd boy in Spain, who one days meets a king who tells him there's a treasure waiting for him at the Pyramids in Egypt.  He tells the boy that it is his destiny to seek and find that treasure.  

So the boy sells his sheep and departs for Africa and crosses the Sahara to get to Egypt.  The book is the journey, and it's almost myth-like.  

I enjoyed this book.