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The Scorpio Races (Paperback)
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The Scorpio Races (Paperback)
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Loot Price R214
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A breathtaking novel set in the wilds of Ireland, from the
bestselling author of Shiver, Linger and Forever. Stay alive, stay
astride, stay out of the water... Every November, the Scorpio Races
are run beneath the chalk cliffs of Skarmouth. Thousands gather to
watch the horses and the sea that washes the blood from the sand.
The mounts are capaill uisce: savage water horses. There are no
horses more beautiful, more fearless, more deadly. To race them can
be suicide but the danger is irresistible. Sean Kendrick knows the
dangers of the capaill uisce. With one foot in the ocean and one on
land, he is the only man on the island capable of taming the
beasts. He races to prove something both to himself and to the
horses. Puck Connolly enters the races to save her family. But the
horse she rides is an ordinary little mare, just as Puck is an
ordinary girl. When Sean sees Puck on the beach he doesn't think
she belongs. He doesn't realize his fate will become entwined in
hers. They both enter the Races hoping to change their lives. But
first they'll have to survive. Romantic and steeped in legend
Maggie Stiefvater is a master at writing both romance and
heart-pounding action Her books have consistently debuted at #1 on
the NYT bestseller list PRAISE FOR SCORPIO RACES "If The Scorpio
Races sounds like nothing you've ever read, that's because it is.
The capaill uisce are exhilarating, frightening creations...
Stiefvater has successfully plumbed lesser-known myths and written
a complex literary thriller" - New York Times The bestselling
author of Shiver (2009) and Linger (2010) turns the legend of the
water horse into a taut, chilling, romantic adventure. The water
horses are breathtakingly well-imagined, glorious and untamably
violent. The final race, with Sean and Puck each protecting each
other but both determined to win, comes to a pitch-perfect
conclusion. Masterful. Like nothing else out there now. - Kirkus
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