{"id":9326,"date":"2009-12-06T11:55:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T15:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=9326"},"modified":"2018-12-13T11:30:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:30:29","slug":"reader-views-literary-awards-winner-eclipsed-by-shadow-is-one-of-those-works-you-will-remember-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2009\/12\/reader-views-literary-awards-winner-eclipsed-by-shadow-is-one-of-those-works-you-will-remember-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader Views Literary Awards: Eclipsed by Shadow is \u201cOne of those works you will remember forever\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following is the feature review of Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Danelle Drake for the title’s win in the Fantasy category of the 2009 Reader Views Literary Awards.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Reader View Literary Awards | Danelle Drake<\/h3>\n

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\u201cAuburn\u2013haired and with a streak of tomboy, Meagan Roberts was not an unusual girl of twelve \u2013 except for the lucky fact that her family kept horses.\u201d<\/em> … John Royce introduces us to one of those works that you will remember forever.<\/p>\n

In the past few years I have read several series that have really captivated me; this story is like these great series in the fact that it has the reader drawn in, but different in the fact that most all of the facts, times, and places in this book are not fiction. The places you visit in Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em> were really times in our great history. \u201cThe Legend of the Great Horse\u201d series will have you wishing the tales were never-ending.<\/p>\n

When Meagan Roberts first laid eyes on Promise, she knew the horse was special. A little old lady from down the road tells Meagan that Promise is the \u201cGreat Horse.\u201d She says that the powers Promise possesses are suppose to be dark but that no one will know until the owner of the horse rides it. Meagan and her mom don\u2019t know if they should believe the old woman. When thieves try to steal the horse, we find out, and away we go. As Promise gains wings she enables us to gain understanding into the history of the horse.
\nWe learn how the horse was used in many ways throughout history. All of the ways are not pleasant, but not all aspects of life are. As Meagan tries to help others understand her great love and respect of the horse we see inside her true soul.<\/p>\n

Eclipsed by Shadow<\/strong><\/em> is a book well-worth reading. What a wonderful way to get factual history into a great readable fiction novel. I have passed it along to my twelve-year-old daughter and she loves it. Personally the Glossary of Terms at the end of the book was of great help as I originally knew very little about horses. When I came to the final sentence, \u201cThe sounds of the angry scene slipped into the wind of the gallop as the ground faded to a blur…\u201d<\/em> I knew that I would anxiously await the next installation of \u201cThe Legend of the Great Horse\u201d by John Royce.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Eclipsed by Shadow<\/em><\/b><\/a> is the first book of the award-winning fiction trilogy, The Legend of the Great Horse<\/strong>, a journey through history–on horseback! The story follows the time-travel adventure of a modern horsewoman lost in the distant past.<\/p>\n

Further information about this unique and imaginative ‘creative non-fiction’ novel can be found at TheGreatHorse.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ECLIPSED BY SHADOW is a book well-worth reading. What a wonderful way to get factual history into a great readable fiction novel. I have passed it along to my twelve-year-old daughter and she loves it. Personally the Glossary of Terms at the end of the book was of great help as I originally knew very little about horses.— Danelle Drake, Reader Views Literary Awards<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[81],"tags":[118,70,62,263,40,84,409,72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9326"}],"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\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9326"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14549,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9326\/revisions\/14549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}