The Nightrider
The Nightrider by Katharina Marcus, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on June 10, 2022, is a 340-page work in English that explores the transformative power of chance encounters. The story follows Cai Sawyer, an accountant and part-time publican, who grapples with a sense of emptiness in his life. His mundane existence takes a turn when he meets Orwen and her horse Toby under the full moon, leading to unexpected changes that ripple through the lives of those around him.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines elements of fiction, fairy tales, and mythology, as Cai’s journey unfolds alongside a diverse cast of characters, including his eccentric sister Ariadne. The book delves into themes of connection and change, illustrating how a single moment can alter the course of many lives. The Nightrider presents a modern retelling of Sleeping Beauty, reimagined in a way that emphasizes the awakening of its characters rather than a traditional fairy tale conclusion.
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How many lives can a single ride change? Can the butterfly effect take the shape of one big, black horse and his rider, waiting on a petrol station forecourt in the dark of night?
Cai Sawyer – accountant, part time publican, heir to an artisan candy business, environmental activist, ex pony racer. Cai is all of these and nothing, with a hole in his soul that has eaten the spirit of the boy he once was. He stumbles through life on autopilot, challenged only by Ariadne, his weird as all hell little sister, until he meets Orwen and her Trakehner Toby under February’s full moon.
Their chance encounter should have ended with a short but sweet thank-you kiss, but the tides of fortune have other ideas. As ripples become waves, change sweeps not just through Cai’s life but through that of a whole host of humans, horses and dogs who are brought together by circumstance and leave as a tribe.
Written in the tradition of Iain Banks, if Iain Banks had written horse novels, The Nightrider is a modern retelling of Sleeping Beauty, in which everybody is wide awake.
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