{"id":7788,"date":"2011-12-29T12:14:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T16:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=7788"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:59:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T16:59:54","slug":"3-horse-ahoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2011\/12\/3-horse-ahoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Book II: Horse Ahoy!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This excerpt is from The Golden Spark<\/strong>, Book #2 of The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong> trilogy, an adventure through history\u2015on horseback.<\/p>\n

The year is 1519 and the Conquistadors are bringing horses to shore … from where they have been absent for many thousands of years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Once more upon the water,
\n yet once more!
\nAnd the waves bound beneath me as a steed that knows his rider!”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\u2014Lord Byron (1788-1824)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WITH A GIANT splash, the water closed over the horse\u2019s head and sprayed against the side of the ship. Meagan gritted her teeth: it was not getting any easier to watch. Each time she had finally convinced herself the horse had drowned in the ocean, the animal\u2019s head popped up, mane and forelock plastered back like a mythological beast rising from the sea. Giving a spraying blast to clear its nostrils, the horse would whinny and turn to shore. A cheer went up from the men and the horse was away.<\/p>\n

For two days the Spaniards had held the town. Native emissaries visited, alternating with scouting parties in full war paint. Dark, slinking figures moved everywhere. And now came the call for the horses.<\/p>\n

A splash signaled another horse departing for New Spain. Meagan walked down the line of stalls to El Morzillo. She patted the black horse, pushing him away as he nudged for treats. His ears had been stopped with cotton and his tail braided to reduce the drag of the water.<\/p>\n

Meagan moved slowly to avoid startling the skittish stallion. It seemed strange to take a finely bred horse out of a lavish stall and unceremoniously toss him into the ocean, but the Spaniards did exactly that, and each horse had survived the trip and was now bucking and running across the beach.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Golden Spark<\/strong><\/em> (Book #2 of the Legend of the Great Horse<\/b> trilogy) won the 2011 Written Arts Awards<\/em><\/a> for best Science Fiction\/Fantasy.<\/p>\n

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\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

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