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They were the Finest Creations - mystically forged creatures of perfection sent by the creators to aid the Fallen (mankind) during their mortal existence.
Though they resemble ordinary horses they are highly intelligent, capable of communicating telepathically and completely moral. They are assigned to bond with individuals of great potential and then protect them from harm while guiding them along a path of virtue.
This is as it has been for years unto creation ... but when a young Finest is separated from its mentor before it has been invested with its assignment, the result of an ambush by evil forces bent on corrupting men, the young equine accepts the charge of two orphans to its care not realizing that man's potential may rest in their future.... And that the path forward is already being diverted by an evil mastermind whose manipulation of court politics and affairs of state might instigate a new dark age upon the light of civilization.
The Finest Series combines elements of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series with C.S.Lewis's Narnia for an inspiring tale of mystical intrigue and the crucible of morality for mankind.
Though they resemble ordinary horses they are highly intelligent, capable of communicating telepathically and completely moral. They are assigned to bond with individuals of great potential and then protect them from harm while guiding them along a path of virtue.
This is as it has been for years unto creation ... but when a young Finest is separated from its mentor before it has been invested with its assignment, the result of an ambush by evil forces bent on corrupting men, the young equine accepts the charge of two orphans to its care not realizing that man's potential may rest in their future.... And that the path forward is already being diverted by an evil mastermind whose manipulation of court politics and affairs of state might instigate a new dark age upon the light of civilization.
The Finest Series combines elements of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series with C.S.Lewis's Narnia for an inspiring tale of mystical intrigue and the crucible of morality for mankind.
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About the Author:
Jean Rabe lives in Kenosha, WI. A former journalist, she has written numerous bestselling novels for TSR/WOTC in their Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and Dungeons & Dragons worlds. She has also sold stories to numerous anthologies. This is her first non TSR/WOTC novel.
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"Rabe's fun, galloping romp of a story launches a new fantasy series....Rabe (Redemption and other titles in the Dragonlance series) deftly puts some beguiling twists on the guardian-angel theme. The rearing steed on the jacket will signal young horse lovers that this is a book for them" --Publishers Weekly
"The author of several novels set in Wizards of the Coast's "Forgotten Realms" setting has created her own world and populated it with vibrant characters both human and animal" --Library Journal
"Jean Rabe has not only garnered many awards in the field of imaginative games, but she has also some dozen role-playing novels to her credit, plus numerous short stories and articles. Her store of knowledge concerning war (in all periods), strange civilizations, and magic-white and black-is indeed prodigious." --Andre Norton
"Jean Rabe is a helluva storyteller"--Margaret Weis
"Enjoyably entertaining..it is as if C.S. Lewis had decided to write Black Beauty as a fantasy." --Mel Odom, Alex Award-winning author of The Rover
"[Rabe's] store of knowledge concerning war (in all periods), strange civilizations, and magic-white and black-is indeed prodigious." (Andre Norton)
"[Rabe] has created her own world and populated it with vibrant characters both human and animal" (Library Journal)
"Rabe's fun, galloping romp of a story launches a new fantasy series....Deftly puts some beguiling twists on the guardian-angel theme." (Publishers Weekly)
"Jean Rabe is a helluva storyteller." (Margaret Weis)
"Enjoyably entertaining..it is as if C.S. Lewis had decided to write Black Beauty as a fantasy." (Mel Odom, Alex Award-winning author of The Rover)
"Rabe's fun, galloping romp of a story launches a new fantasy series....Rabe (Redemption and other titles in the Dragonlance series) deftly puts some beguiling twists on the guardian-angel theme. The rearing steed on the jacket will signal young horse lovers that this is a book for them" --Publishers Weekly
"The author of several novels set in Wizards of the Coast's "Forgotten Realms" setting has created her own world and populated it with vibrant characters both human and animal" --Library Journal
"Jean Rabe has not only garnered many awards in the field of imaginative games, but she has also some dozen role-playing novels to her credit, plus numerous short stories and articles. Her store of knowledge concerning war (in all periods), strange civilizations, and magic-white and black-is indeed prodigious." --Andre Norton
"Jean Rabe is a helluva storyteller"--Margaret Weis
"Enjoyably entertaining..it is as if C.S. Lewis had decided to write Black Beauty as a fantasy." --Mel Odom, Alex Award-winning author of The Rover
"[Rabe's] store of knowledge concerning war (in all periods), strange civilizations, and magic-white and black-is indeed prodigious." (Andre Norton)
"[Rabe] has created her own world and populated it with vibrant characters both human and animal" (Library Journal)
"Rabe's fun, galloping romp of a story launches a new fantasy series....Deftly puts some beguiling twists on the guardian-angel theme." (Publishers Weekly)
"Jean Rabe is a helluva storyteller." (Margaret Weis)
"Enjoyably entertaining..it is as if C.S. Lewis had decided to write Black Beauty as a fantasy." (Mel Odom, Alex Award-winning author of The Rover)
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- PublisherTor Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0765308207
- ISBN 13 9780765308207
- BindingHardcover
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