{"id":5351,"date":"2015-07-25T11:47:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T15:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=5351"},"modified":"2017-06-01T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T16:56:50","slug":"book-excerpt-7-war-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2015\/07\/book-excerpt-7-war-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"The War Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hast thou given the horse strength?
\nHast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
\nCanst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper?
\nThe glory of his nostrils is terrible.
\nHe paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength.
\nHe goeth on to meet the armed men.
\nHe mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted;
\nneither turneth he back from the sword.
\nThe quiver rattleth against him,
\nthe glittering spear and the shield.
\nHe swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n
– Holy Bible, Job 39:19-24<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MEAGAN SENSED \"TheEXCITEMENT in the camp. An undercurrent ran through the people and the horses pranced nervously. Throwing her saddle pad over Targa, she saw something had been added: an odd-looking pole now hung from a loop of leather on her saddle. Then she saw the sharp point and realized she had been given a spear.<\/p>\n

Leaders rode through the lines of horses, each with a string of knives hanging from one arm. Meagan took one and examined it, confused. The others were sliding theirs into belt pouches. It seemed a dangerous place to carry a knife, but she did the same.<\/p>\n

Horn answered horn throughout the camps. A rippling change went through the horse nation. The few not yet mounted swung aboard. Meagan\u2019s group moved out. The camp leaders rode ahead, each holding a blazing torch.<\/p>\n

The pitch of the horns was changing, signaling back and forth down the black mass of horsemen covering the plain. The tight lines of the nomads were dissolving into chaos, melting and running in streaks. Horses were breaking from easy canters into full gallops. When the call reached Meagan\u2019s group, Targa sprang forward, her legs stretching in exhilaration of the run…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Eclipsed 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

« \u201cThe Poet Gladiator<\/a>\u201d || \u201cThe devils ride a tainted bayard!<\/a>\u201d »<\/div>\n
The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy is an adventure through history … each section is about a different time period. The above excerpt is from \u201cHome<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d the 1st section of Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em><\/strong>, set in modern-day California.\n<\/div>\n

Eclipsed 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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__________<\/p>\n<\/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

\"\" Check out the trilogy’s page on Facebook!<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"TheHorn answered horn throughout the camps. A rippling change went through the horse nation. The few not yet mounted swung aboard. Meagan\u2019s group moved out. The camp leaders rode ahead, each holding a blazing torch. – Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em> (excerpt)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[161],"tags":[118,242,70,165,229,227,243,244,396,260],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5351"}],"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=5351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15105,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5351\/revisions\/15105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}