{"id":4168,"date":"2011-04-12T16:35:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T20:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?page_id=4168"},"modified":"2013-11-23T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T21:55:00","slug":"introduction-to-the-legend-of-the-great-horse-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/introduction-to-the-legend-of-the-great-horse-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to “The Legend of the Great Horse” trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winner of<\/div>\n
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The Eric Hoffer Award ~ Young Adult Fiction<\/div>\n
Mom’s Choice Award ~ Young Adult Fantasy<\/div>\n
Reader Views Literary Awards ~ Fantasy<\/div>\n
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The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> is an award-winning time-travel adventure for teens and adults. The story follows a young horse-lover: <\/p>\n
Auburn-haired and with a streak of tomboy, Meagan Roberts was not an unusual girl of twelve\u2014except for the lucky fact that her family kept horses. (Actually, they only kept one horse, an aged mare, but very soon it would be two.)<\/strong><\/div>\n

The trilogy opens as a golden palomino foal, Promise<\/em>, is born to Meagan\u2019s beloved childhood mount in tragic circumstances… (Chapter 1 – free online<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Meagan is told a mysterious legend about her new foal by an eccentric woman named Mrs. Bridgestone. The legend tells of the Creator’s gift to mankind of the Horse:<\/p>\n

Since that time, the Angel has lived an unbroken line of lives, inspiring and teaching, even as the Angel\u2019s children have carried Mankind to mastery of the earth … Upon each death the Angel takes another form and again a Great Horse is born.<\/strong><\/div>\n
The legend suggests 3 Rules to identify a Great Horse:
1) a Great Horse is born at dawn.
2) No one can ride a Great Horse without the owner\u2019s permission
3) Only the owners of a Great Horse will believe the legend.<\/em><\/div>\n

There is a fly in the hoof dressing, however, for Promise <\/em>must never be ridden … or else … <\/p>\n

Eclipsed by shadow, the golden spark
Shall wing her rider into the dark…<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Book I: Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em><\/strong> won national awards including the 2009 Eric Hoffer Book Award for Young Adult Fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Book II: The Golden Spark<\/em><\/strong> was released to the trade in April 2011 (more information soon) \u2026  Book III <\/strong>will appear in galley this fall, with trade publication scheduled for January 2012.<\/p>\n

Reviews for Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em> (Media Kit)<\/div>\n

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Winner of The Eric Hoffer Award ~ Young Adult Fiction Mom’s Choice Award ~ Young Adult Fantasy Reader Views Literary Awards ~ Fantasy ______   The Legend of the Great Horse is an award-winning time-travel adventure for teens and adults. The story follows a young horse-lover: Auburn-haired and with a streak of tomboy, Meagan Roberts … Continue reading “Introduction to “The Legend of the Great Horse” trilogy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}