Bobbi Yandro's father died in Vietnam and her mother, lost in a world of delusion and illusion was long ago committed to an institution. Her grandfather, Pap, has raised her, and the two Yandros get along in silence, two of a kind.
Then Pap gives Bobbi her father's poetry notebook. As she reads, something inside her comes alive. Soon she knows in her bones that she wants a horse - and Pap is delighted, until she chooses, Shane, a black mustang with eyes like blue fire. He refuses to be tamed, to be told what to do, to obey.
For Shane is not really a horse. He is not even human. He is one of the Circle of Twelve.
The Twelve are the primal human archetypes whose powers are manifest in us all. Most people never meet them, but they exist. And those who have the Sight, like Bobbi, can speak with them at will. Bobbi does not will - but her own budding powers are beyond her control. And when she chooses Shane for her horse, events sweep her into the very hands of the Twelve...
By Nancy Springer
