The Dark Horse - Softcover

Sedgwick, Marcus

3.52

839 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440419085 ISBN 13: 9780440419082

Publisher: Laurel Leaf, 2004

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Having risen to power as chief of his people, the Storn, sixteen-year-old Sig leads them as they try to resist the bloodthirsty invaders known as the Dark Horse and makes a shocking discovery about his foster sister Mouse. Reprint.

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Review:

"All the way through I was thrilled and wanted to keep reading...Everyone should read this book." Melanie Todd, (Year 9) -- Books for Keeps, July 2003

"The author's clipped, spare style is the perfect medium for the expression of the strong passions which characterise this carefully crafted novel." -- The Irish Times

"[a] beautifully crafted book. Warmly recommended." Robert Dunbar -- Inis: The Children's Books Ireland Magazine

"strange, enigmatic and wholly original." -- The Telegraph, May 7, 2003

"...a solid, readable novel...never ceases to be gripping" -- The Sunday Telegraph, July 14, 2002

"...an eerily atmospheric book with many twists and mysteries... and a finale that manages to be both unsettling...and powerfully dramatic." -- Armadillo

'Sedgwick's dark tapestry weaves loyalty and betrayal in a stark, affecting narrative' -- Books for Keeps

'an intriguing read...It was the ending that I found the most exciting...totally unexpected and terrifying' -- Carousel

'...the reader is carried along by the surge of events and the strong sense of time and place. A thrilling and chellenging read' -- Booktrust

...a gripping tale of loyalty and betrayal that's full of twists. -- Radio Times, 13th-19th December, 2003

Book Description:

A powerful story of magic and betrayal in a distant past

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