{"id":4569,"date":"2011-04-17T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=4569"},"modified":"2017-05-17T12:13:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T16:13:16","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2011\/04\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of the Great Horse<\/em> trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cThrilling and intelligent fantasy … a great blend of academic and adventurous reading that is beach-ready.\u201d ~ US Review of Books<\/em><\/div>\n

The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy is an award-winning adventure about horsemanship in civilization … history comes alive as a teenager travels back in time and experiences how horses were used in the past.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Book I: Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em><\/strong>, begins the tale as young Meagan Roberts discovers her new foal is a Great Horse of legend … and is carried into an incredible adventure in history.<\/p>\n

Eclipsed by Shadow<\/strong><\/em> won mainstream critical acclaim and national awards including the 2009 Eric Hoffer Award<\/a> for Young Adult Fiction.<\/div>\n
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The story travels through prehistoric times when man\u2019s interest in the horse was strictly culinary…<\/p>\n

… and follows Meagan as she struggles to survive the harrowing thrills of Roman chariot racing, \"\"<\/a> the hordes of Genghis Khan, and a season of chivalry among castles, Tournaments and knights.<\/p>\n

Book II: The Golden Spark<\/em><\/strong>,
\nwas published to the trade in April 2011 …\u00a0 continuing the ‘road-trip’ adventure amid a colorful cast of accurately-portrayed historical characters from the European Renaissance.<\/div>\n

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In this installment, our heroine finds herself an unwitting stowaway aboard a Spanish conquistador’s ship, rides among nobility at the Court of Versailles, and joins the struggles of a farming family in Merry Old England of the 1800’s.<\/p>\n

2011 Independent Publisher Highlighted Title<\/h4>\n

LibraryThing Early Review Title<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThrilling and intelligent fantasy … a great blend of academic and adventurous reading that is beach-ready.\u201d ~ US Review of Books The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy is an award-winning adventure about horsemanship in civilization … history comes alive as a teenager travels back in time and experiences how horses were used in the … Continue reading “The Legend of the Great Horse<\/em> trilogy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[140],"tags":[118,375],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4569"}],"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=4569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14993,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4569\/revisions\/14993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}