Bull Vaulter

About the Book

Bull Vaulter is an absorbing novel set in 2100 B.C.E. that interweaves adventure, passion, love, and wisdom. Join Alena, Bull Vaulter from Keft, as she journeys to the Peloponnesus, meets the Kurgan-warrior, Jahal, and develops the special talents bestowed upon her by the Goddess as she embarks on an exhilarating journey to fulfi ll her fated destiny.

About the Author

BARBARA TIEKEN, author of Bull Vaulter, Alena of the Isle of Green, recently returned to her childhood home in Texas where she writes a weekly column for Historic Old Town Shiner in The Shiner Gazette. Barbara has been described as “a friend of all who fl y, be it bird or spirit.” An avid environmentalist, 2010 performance poet at Trails and Vistas’ Art Hike in the Sierra Nevada , published poet and essayist, teacher, former Mayor and City Councilwoman of New Braunfels, Texas, Barbara wrote this historical fi ction novel while she and her husband lived in Newport, Oregon, high on a hill overlooking the beautiful Pacifi c. Barbara continues to be inspired by the writings of the late UCLA Archaeologist/Mythologist Dr. Marija Gimbutas, and the excavations of Akrotiri on Santorini by the late Dr. Spyridon Marinatos and Dr. Christos Doumas as chronicled by Dr. Charles Pellegrino's Unearthing Atlantis, An Archaeological Odyssey. Barbara’s long desire has been to bring this highlyevolved, peaceful, Goddess-worshiping, life- affirming, navigational culture that dominated the Aegean and Mediterranean for thousands of years on Keft (Crete) and Stronghyle (Santorini) to a wider reading audience.