Is Eric as cold as the ice he skates on? A fiery tour de force from the author of Inexcusable, a National Book Award finalist.The other guys on Erics hockey team call him the Iceman, because hes a heartless player, cold as ice. Only Eric knows the truthhes not cold, hes on fire, burning with a need he just cant explain. Least of all to his familynot to his dad, whose only joy in life is watching Eric smash other hockey players to a pulp. Or his mom, who starts every conversation with, Your problem is... Or even his brother, Duane, once a star athlete, now a star slacker. Can Eric find a way to make them understand how he feelsbefore the fire inside consumes him completely?