Horse Gone Silent

Based on a real horse, this novel follows Calebo, a show-jumping champion who begins life in the Netherlands and later moves to the United States, where he rises quickly in his sport. Along the way he is sold and passed among owners, and each change brings new hardship and fear. Calebo has no say over the tough, uncertain world around him, yet he leans on faith, the people who care for him, and the friends he makes. Told in close, affectionate detail, the story asks what a horse feels and how much hope can survive when fate keeps shifting. It is the first volume of a trilogy.