She waits under the sign of the White Horse for the man
who
will father her
girl-child. Will it be Saxon king or Danish outcast? Her
choice will change
the world. In Viking fire burns her destiny.
Epona waits beneath the sign of the White Horse, last of
those who worship
the Great Mother, for the man who will fulfill her destiny
and give her a
girl-child. Her gift is a connection to the natural world.
Yet as the battle
between Saxon and Viking sweeps across her land, it brings
two men. One will
become Alfred the Great. One is an outcast Viking warrior.
The future of
England hangs on Pony's choice. Even the nature of her
gift
is changing and
she must embrace the very thing she fears to save it.
SummaryOut of Darkness, light. War swept England, and the dark
ages grew darker as Vikings put Saxon strongholds to the
torch and promised new rule. The horde found Epona,
Daughter of the Goddess, on the hill beneath the Sign of
the White Horse. There she had lived, awaiting the man who
was fated to give her a child. In Viking fires burned her
destiny.
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