Book one of the Rhiannon's Ride trilogy opens as a girl,
known only as One-horn's pathetic excuse for a daughter, is
openly shunned by the herd and in fear for her life. With
no horns upon her head and walking upon only two legs
instead of four, the Satyricorns despise her as a weak
abomination. The only thing keeping her alive is her will
to survive and the status that she's the herdleader's
daughter. Life is savage, brutal and very deadly, but the
wild girl has dreams and carefully makes her plans to
escape.
For all her flaws, she has magic over critters and
creatures, and this will come in handy, for she knows she's
not fleet enough to escape the herd on her own. However,
not too far away, are the beautiful black-winged horses
that fly the skies like sleek and powerful birds. Capturing
one of them and riding away is her only chance. One night
after being forced to kill a human messenger of the guard
in order to keep herself alive, she daringly traps one of
the magnificent animals and ties herself to it, so that
when the winged horse awakes and takes off, she can go with
it without falling off. Little does she know her actions
will cause her to fall not only in the land of the humans,
but in love as well.
Lewen was hoping to spend his last day off silently lazing
about in his favorite place. On the morrow he'd be going
back to the Tower of the Two Moons with the other magic
apprentices in the hopes of not only honing his magic
skills, but also to win a place within Righ's guard, where
he serves as page already. Suddenly, his life is changed
when he finds the unconscious beauty lashed tightly to the
black winged horse. Bringing the girl back home, he and his
family risk life and limb to try to tame this wild girl,
whom he names Rhiannon. Fiercely wild, magically endowed
and very beautiful once the muck and grime have been washed
away, Lewen finds his heart has already been captured by
this fey and fascinating creature. Taking her with him back
to the school of the mages seems like the best thing to do,
and when the caravan full of mostly privileged society
types shows up, Rhiannon and her magnificently winged
stallion are sent off on the journey as well. Lewen's task
will be to help teach her to become civilized and to
protect her, even though the secrets of her past will come
back to haunt them all. Soon, he'll have to choose between
love and loyalty. Will he follow his honor or follow his
heart?
This book, Forsyth's first since 2002, is a rich,
enthralling ride across the pages of fantasy. Vividly she
paints her story with bold colors, and the reader is as
tied to the engrossing tale as Rhiannon is tied to her
beloved winged horse. Watching as someone shunned as a
handicapped misfit blossoms into a beautiful, heroic young
woman makes the reader smile, even as it makes them weep as
she suffers from newly awakened pains of consciousness.
This is truly an amazing literary ride through a
fantastically created world, where the shades of grey loom
poignantly between the harsh realities of black and white.
I cannot wait for the next installment to come out, so I
can continue to follow this brave heroine's journey.
Bestselling author Kate Forsyth's mesmerizing return to the
magical land of Eileanan.
Condemned for lacking the horns so prized by her people,
One-Horn's daughter must escape by riding one of the
legendary flying horses to freedom-if she can stay on its
back long enough. But to save a land where the dead walk
and ghosts haunt the living, this strange, feral girl-
renamed Rhiannon, the rider no one can catch-must convince
the human apprentice witches she meets to trust the word of
a wild, half-human girl.
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