The Horse and His Boy
This is the story of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen
and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High King in Narnia
and his brother and his two sisters were King and Queens under him.
It is during this glorious era in Narnia history that Shasta, a young boy
living in Calormen with a cruel man who claims to be his father, dreams
of traveling to the unknown North. One night he overhears his "father"
offering to sell him as a slave, and Shasta decides that now is the time
to begin his journey. When he meets Bree, a Talking Horse of Narnia who
is a slave himself, the two decide to escape together.
The pair soon encounters some reluctant traveling
companions: Aravis: a high-born girl escaping a forced marriage, and Hwin,
another Talking Horse in much the same situation as Bree. Despite the differences
between the two children, the travelers must combine their wits and all
their strength to reach the freedom they long for. And when they discover
a Calormen plot to conquer Narnia, they must also race against time.
The battle that ensues matches in excitement
any of the adventures described in C.S. Lewis' previous two books of The
Chronicles of Narnia. Assisted by the majestic Aslan, the Kings and Queens
of Narnia, first introduced in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, once
again arise to the occasion to defend their kingdom.
