In 1991, two hikers in the Austrian-Italian Alps discovered a 5,300-year-old mummy partially embedded in a glacier. tzi may now be considered one of the most significant archeological finds of all time, but who was he when he was alive?
Award-winning author Jeanne Blanchet, PhD, spent years researching tzi to weave a suspenseful fictional biography of intrigue and murder. At tzi's birth, a shaman foretold that he would do amazing things and impart priceless knowledge to future generations. But to reach that goal, he was forced to endure a life of hardship, including avalanches, bear attacks, and enemies intent on taking down the one man capable of revealing an earth-shattering secret that would revolutionize society.
Vivid and realistic, yet as thrilling as a mystery novel, The Iceman: A Novel of tzi is a revelation of one man's saga in Europe's Chalcolithic Age. This riveting work of historical fiction will keep readers breathless to the very last page.