Iceman Awakens

<p><strong>Nine strikes and a few sparks. Thirteen strikes and a spark caught a little smoke but I hurried and blew too much while jostling the needles. <em>Focus Gaspare.</em> I felt the call deep within where my blood retreated to stay close to my heart. <em>Focus</em>. My head felt sluggish and my movements dragged with effort. Slowing my breathing I rearranged the needles on the bark and struck again­-five strikes and the little spark became an ember.</strong></p><p> </p><p> Gaspare in the role of a young Ötzi the Iceman desperate to confront his fate and honor his father receives the ultimate sacrifice. At thirteen with a gifted calling and promise of prophecy he must face his failures fight the oppression from his brothers and learn to live in a society that deemed him a curse. This is Gaspare the reborn Iceman found murdered on the Ötzal mountains as he begins his tale that led him to that fateful day.</p><p> From questions surrounding the mystery of Ötzi's mummy preserved from the Neolithic Era this debut novel explores how he got some of his sixty-one tattoos found his life's purpose in his copper axe and how he lived.<em> Iceman Awakens</em> speaks of the timeless voices of love destiny and betrayal.  </p><p><br></p>