Check out the Excerpt Series from The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy!
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List of 'The Legend of the Great Horse'
The Legend of the Great Horse – Excerpt Series
September 12th, 2011 · About the Trilogy, Book News & Updates
Timeline of Horsemanship: Prehistory
September 6th, 2011 · Horses in Prehistory, Timeline of Horsemanship
“The Golden Spark” named Independent Publisher Highlighted Title
August 26th, 2011 · Book News & Updates
The Golden Spark by John Allen Royce has been named an Independent Publisher (IP) Highlighted Title for August 2011. The IP Highlighted Title designation honors newly-published books exhibiting superior levels of creativity, originality, and high standards of design and production quality.
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#77- “Nothing more useless than a knight”
August 11th, 2011 · Eclipsed by Shadow (excerpts): Damsel
‘Meagan turned back, deciding there was nothing more useless than a knight. Fairytales could talk about shining knights riding up on white steeds, but she was beginning to think their fabled rescues could do without the knight if one had the horse. If knights were not the only people with swords, she was sure no one would pay them the least attention.’ —excerpted from Eclipsed by Shadow (Book #1 of ‘The Legend of the Great Horse’ trilogy (p. 231)
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#76- “Knights need horse”
August 4th, 2011 · Eclipsed by Shadow (excerpts): Damsel
“Henryk looked up with a new light in his eyes. Meagan softened. Perhaps, she thought charitably, the horse’s lop ears did not hang out of laziness. Perhaps the white blaze across his forehead made him look simpler than he really was.” —excerpted from Eclipsed by Shadow (Book #1 of ‘The Legend of the Great Horse’ trilogy (p. 230)
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Book II: The Golden Spark reviewer: “Very entertained…”
August 3rd, 2011 · Book News & Updates, Book Review posts for "The Golden Spark"
The following is a review of The Golden Spark from the LibraryThing Early Reviewer program:
“Very Entertained” | LibraryThing Early Review
This is the first book I read by Royce and I have to say I was very entertained. Time Travel is my favorite genre, so I knew it would appeal to me on some level. However [...]
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#75- The Knight Henryk
July 28th, 2011 · Eclipsed by Shadow (excerpts): Damsel
‘THE MUFFLED CRYING sound came again, from just over the hill. Meagan crept forward. A man was crouched at the base of the knoll, sobbing. He wore chain mail over coarse brown fabric. Next to him lay a shield and a long, tapered, brightly-painted wooden pole: a knight’s lance.’ —excerpted from Eclipsed by Shadow (Book #1 of ‘The Legend of the Great Horse’ trilogy (p. 201)
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Eclipsed by Shadow nominated for Global eBook Award
July 26th, 2011 · About the Trilogy, Awards & Honors, Book News & Updates
John Allen Royce’s debut title, Eclipsed by Shadow, has been nominated for a Global eBook Award in the Young Adult Fiction category.
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Eclipsed by Shadow review … “fun and engrossing”
July 23rd, 2011 · Book Review posts for "Eclipsed by Shadow"
History, fantasy, myth, adventure and proper equine care all shine brightly in this first book in the trilogy. Royce weaves all of these elements together beautifully and young readers probably won’t even notice that they are learning about history and horse care while on this great ride back through time. I learned quite a bit myself and I grew up on a horse ranch with horses always in my life. This was a “can’t put down” book for me. – Julie Dees, One Book Shy of a Full Shelf
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