Totem: The Invention of Fire

by Chris Moore

“I am no one and you can’t kill me!” Young Pyramie hides beside the broken body of the mother who saved him. Hunters from the village search to kill him. They have condemned him to gruesome and public disembowelment. Yesterday, when lightning struck the ground and ignited the grass, he played with the flame. This act violated their religion and they will sacrifice him to the god. Pyramie is crying now. They have shamed the girl he loves. His mother is dead. But tears will get him nowhere – no one will listen. If he wants his life he must take it and survive alone with every breath. But he will fight, and when he does, he will become legend. They worshiped it . . . He mastered it . . . Everything burns

262 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 23, 2015

About the author

Chris Moore is a graduate of Columbia University and the author and co-author of a dozen books, including Dorota Nigro's "Not Just a Number," which exposes the link between diesel fumes and cancer; and gun industry legend Wildey Moore's forthcoming "Wildey's Here: Survivor." He lives with his wife and three sons in Connecticut, and is a former resident of Breckenridge, Colorado where he discovered how much he loves the mountains and also how deeply rooted the hatred of America and the normal family is in many Americans. See more of his work at chrismoorewrites.com