To Ride the Gods’ Own Stallion

Better that you had never been born. His father's bitter words torment Soulai. Even worse, he fears they may be true. The thirteen-year-old isn't brave like his sister. He isn't a skilled harnessmaker like his father. He is just a boy who likes to sculpt clay horses -- a boy so unimportant that his own father has sold him into slavery. In Nineveh, the seat of the ancient Assyrian kindgom, Soulai gets his first glimpse of a stallion named Ti; a stallion so regal he bears a mark from the gods. Like Soulai himself, Ti is owned by the spoiled young Prince Habasle. Both slave and stallion have good reason to doubt their courage, even though Prince Habasle is convinced that Ti's strange markings promise a future of greatness -- a grand destiny linked to his own determination to become king. As Soulai is suddenly swept into the dangerous world of palace intrigue, he can only wonder, will he have the courage to pursue a destiny of his own?Diane Lee Wilson brings to life an exotic, fascinating world in this moving and inspiring epic adventure about three heroes -- each bound for glory.