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The world is drowning.Freak storms and devastating hurricanes sweep across the countryside. No one has enough food or firewood—electricity is an option only for the tyrannical Commander—and then the Commander begins steal, The White Horse Trick
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The world is drowning.
Freak storms and devastating hurricanes sweep across the countryside. No one has enough food or firewood—electricity is an option only for the tyrannical Commander—and then the Commander begins stealing young children away. Pup's little brother is one of the missing.
Determined to save his brother, Pup confronts the Commander and finds himself "volunteered" for a special force. One that will slip through the barriers of time into a land where the sun never sets . . . just as another boy from Kinvara did long ago. With the future of both realms at stake, the fairies and humans must take drastic measures to stop the destruction. But not everyone wants the human race to survive. . . .
The thrilling conclusion to the story that began in the acclaimed The New Policeman.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Oscar Williams
reviewed The White Horse Trick on November 30, 2010
The White Horse Trick
Really a three and a half stars. A good story, well written, with smart and funny bits that I would easily recommend. A dystopian fantasy set in a post global warming Ireland, which is complete with a parallel reality fairyland.
The downside is the heavy handed message. Greed is bad and led to global warming and environmental destruction. Art is good and farming is pure. Issues of how art would exist without other commerce and the creative aspects of science or mercantilism are not gone into. I am not religious, but the Adam and Eve ending let me a bit squeemy. I am no fan of the mythology of the fall, in which the pursuit of knowledge leads to a loss of grace. I also don't like peddling a hybrid bacchante/puritan ethos to kids. Drink, smoke, fornicate, be poetic and musical and magic, just don't be greedy and keep track of time and sell a product someone would want to buy.
That said, it's a story, and quite a good one. Kids will figure it out and skip the preachy parts. It's a good read.
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