New 5-Star Amazon Review by Tyler Tichelaar
November 16, 2008 | The following is a reader’s new 5-Star Amazon review of Eclipsed by Shadow.
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HISTORY IS A TALE OF HORSES
Anyone who loves horses or who loves history
will love “Eclipsed by Shadow”Tyler R. Tichelaar, Ph.D., and author of “The Marquette Trilogy”
NOVEMBER 16, 2008 | “Eclipsed by Shadow” is an epic history of horses, complete with time travel, and educational material, but best of all, it is strong historical fiction.
The plot is pretty simple. Meagan learns from an eccentric neighbor lady that her newborn horse may well be “The Great Horse” of legend that has reappeared over the centuries. The Great Horse first originated as a horse meant to help Adam and Eve when they left the Garden of Eden.
I knew from what I had already heard about the book that it would include time travel and Meagan would experience how horses were used throughout the centuries by mankind.
When I started, I was a bit disappointed to see the first section went on for so long. I wanted to get right into the time travel, but once I started reading, I was thoroughly captivated by the plot and how well the author, John Royce, built up suspense in the first section. I actually think this was my favorite part of the book as Meagan learned about the legend of the Great Horse and also avoided having her horse stolen.
As for the time travel sections, the scene in prehistoric North America was brief and not quite as interesting as the later ones because after all it was prehistoric history, but I thought both the Rome and the medieval section were well done. Even though the book reads like a collection of short stories because of the different time periods that the characters do not cross over into, Royce successfully created some believable characters in each section.
Throughout, the book successfully blends fiction, character and plot with history and more than solely the history of horses. I am not interested in horses, but historical fiction, but I did come to appreciate the history of horses without ever being overly bored by the book containing too many details.
Anyone who loves horses or who loves history will love “Eclipsed by Shadow,” and readers will be impatient to read the next two volumes in this trilogy about the Great Horse.
- Tyler R. Tichelaar, Ph.D., and author of “The Marquette Trilogy”
Eclipsed by Shadow is the first book of the new trilogy, The Legend of the Great Horse, was published this Summer 2008 with a fresh and original look at the colorful role of horses in civilization.
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Further information about this unique and imaginative novel can be found at www.TheGreatHorse.com. The book is available for review upon request.
For more information or to schedule an interview with the author, please contact:
Robert Hall
R_Hall@MicronPress.com
Micron Press | Marketing Director
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