The Legend of the Great Horse

Early excerpts from Eclipsed by Shadow have been posted on the book’s blog and  Facebook page — and the story is about to take off.
Literally.
Eclipsed by Shadow begins an adventure through the ages when horses were everyday companions in work, war, sport and spectacle …
Our teenage heroine journeys to prehistoric days when man’s interest [...]

Why I wrote “The Legend of the Great Horse”

A tragedy sparked The Great Horse trilogy (of which Eclipsed by Shadow is the first volume). I came to know of this sad event because I lived in Cambridge, MA, where it occurred.
It happened in the 1990’s as a wave of corporatization washed over Harvard Square, which [...]

I recently wrote that the spark to my writing “Eclipsed by Shadow” was triggered by the corporatization of Harvard Square and the loss of its venerable old bookstores. It was alarmingly easy to relate ancient nomadic destruction of religious settlements to the commercial invasion of these hallowed shelves. Both invaders had as their object mere [...]

Chariots of early history (16th century BC)

This is my third “Mirror” post in a row, and where I finally explain the use of the metaphor and close the barn door after it.
In the first post of this Mirror trilogy, I mentioned becoming interested in reading about history while browsing the shelves of the doomed used [...]

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Contact: Robert Hall
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OCTOBER 20, 2008 | Eclipsed by Shadow, the first book of the new trilogy The Legend of the Great Horse, arrives this Summer 2008 with a fresh and original look at the colorful role of horses in civilization.
Horseman and author John Royce has crafted a mix of [...]

The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy takes place across many historical eras, from pre-history to modern times, and research was fundamental to telling an accurate story. I followed a method I found enjoyable and fascinating, and which I believe brought authenticity to the work.
Basically, I gathered writings from each era visited in the book, [...]

Eclipsed by Shadow begins a horseback ride from pre-historic times back to modern day. This first volume of the trilogy The Legend of the Great Horse starts a journey through civilization.
If you enjoy horses this will be a fun book because horses are the hero. The main character is a young, enthusiastic rider. The story [...]

An inability to type started this author on the road to writing. By mid-semester in high school typing class I was still too slow to appear on the progress chart, which began at at a ridiculously fast 40 words-per-minute. Happily, the teacher banished me to the school library instead of redoing the chart.
In the library [...]

The website Technorati currently tracks over 112 million blogs (as of June 2008). This number does not include, among multitudes, the more than 72 million blogs counted by The China Internet Network Information Center. Clearly there is a need for another one.

Yet, even if I am not going where no one has gone before–boldly or [...]