{"id":10786,"date":"2014-03-29T11:42:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T15:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=10786"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:56:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T16:56:04","slug":"the-cave-horse-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2014\/03\/the-cave-horse-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"20,000 BC: The Cave Horse"},"content":{"rendered":"

The unusual thing about the first Great Horse Meagan meets in history is that it isn’t unusual at all. Meagan doesn’t realize at first that she has traveled time or that she is dealing with a prehistoric herd of horses. <\/p>\n

Humans could have tamed horses tens of thousands of years earlier than actually occurred, because horses evolved much earlier than modern man. There was no inner difference between a horse Meagan would have encountered in 20,000 BC and a horse today: it is humans that have changed.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\"quotationIn the growing light, Meagan could see the horse was a mare. The animal\u2019s round belly was tucked into thin, drawn quarters and her cream-colored coat was mottled with patches of darker gray. The scrubby mane and tail were chewed off in spots, and her coat was covered in scars and puffy lumps.<\/p>\n

\"Cave \u201cPoor thing, no one\u2019s taking care of you.\u201d Meagan\u2019s voice was loud in this quiet place and many small eyes were quickly upon her. She decided to rinse off her coating of dust and grime, and knelt in the cool water to gently splash her arms. She inhaled deeply, drawing in rich scents of animals and earth.<\/p>\n

Warm breath smelling of cut lawn blew on her neck. Meagan blinked in surprise but did not move. She thought of something else her grandfather used to say: \u201cHorses are as unpredictable as people, only they have more sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meagan let the flutter of horse nostrils explore her hair as she reached slowly for the mare\u2019s shaggy withers. The small gray horse half-closed her eyes as Meagan scratched gently to imitate the nuzzling greeting of equines. \u201cA horse got me into this,\u201d she told the mare softly. \u201cMaybe you could get me out…\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Excerpted from Eclipsed by Shadow<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, the award-winning 1st volume of “The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong>” trilogy. <\/a> <\/p>\n

\nEclipsed by Shadow<\/strong><\/em> (Book #1 of the trilogy) won national awards<\/a> including the Eric Hoffer Award<\/em> for best Young Adult Fiction, and the Mom’s Choice Award<\/em> for best family-friendly Young Adult Fantasy.<\/p>\n

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Links:<\/strong><\/div>\n

\u00bb See All Excerpts<\/strong><\/a> from The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Read the 1st Chapter online<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00bb See the Media Kit<\/strong><\/a> for more information about the trilogy.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Order Books<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\" Check out the trilogy’s page on Facebook!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The unusual thing about the first Great Horse Meagan meets in history is that it isn’t unusual at all. Meagan doesn’t realize at first that she has traveled time or that she is dealing with a prehistoric herd of horses. Humans could have tamed horses tens of thousands of years earlier than actually occurred, because … Continue reading “20,000 BC: The Cave Horse”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[370,154],"tags":[118,186,185],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=10786"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15240,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10786\/revisions\/15240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}