Book Nook - Shroud of Ice

 Guided only by the stars and the memory of Mara’s eyes, Ankwar’s village pariah Gaspare forges paths over desolate mountains and raging rapids to find his way back to his village. If he loses his focus or abandons his nerve, he will never know the freedom and power of being Ankwar’s destined redeemer. Yet if he succeeds, Gaspare risks losing forever his chance at happiness with the one whose eyes haunt him and lead him home. Gaspare’s greatest fear becomes his looming reality as he claims his calling and risks losing Mara once again. Based on the real life of Ötzi the Iceman, murdered over 5,000 years ago, the historical fiction Shroud of Ice searches for answers to the haunting echoes of will we ever be enough. Gaspare, in the role of Ötzi is a call to stand one last time against the darkness because not all who are dead are silent.

Sharon Krasny has worked as an educator for twenty-two years in  Virginia and taught abroad in both Hungary and Czechia. Through teaching English as a second language, she discovered a love for oral history. Sharon listened as her students explained central European history and culture to her, and she saw how inextricably bound their past is with part of their identity. This began her fascination with people’s need to be known and heard. Retired from teaching English and research in Virginia, she currently writes, grows lavender, and finds adventures for her and her husband to experience.