The story is set in central Europe 5300 years ago. It ranges from the northern Alps of Italy to the eastern lands along the Danube River to the earliest European Bronze Age Civilization, the Vinca. Otzi is the chieftain of a south Tyrollean late Stone Age tribe scrounging for a living in the high alps. To support his village and family he travels on foot to trade with the people on the north side of the mountains. He returns after a long trip to...