When 14-year-old Robey Child is sent by his mother to search for his father, a doomed soldier, he witnesses the horrors of war both on and off the battlefield.
Coal Black Horse joins the pantheon of great war novels-- All Quiet on the Western Front, The Red Badge of Courage, The Naked and the Dead ..
It takes the gift of a powerful and noble Coal Black Horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey of his life: with boldness, bravery, and self-posession.
But not far from home, his Horse falters and he realizes the enormity of his task.
At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety--blue on one side, gray on the other-- Robey thinks he\'s off on a great adventure.
When Robey Childs\'s mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home.
Riding a talismanic Coal Black horse, he embarks upon a life-altering journey that will challenge him physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
When 14-year-old Robey Child is sent by his mother to search for his father, a doomed soldier, he witnesses the horrors of war both on and off the battlefield
