{"product_id":"the-scorpio-races-2022-edition-9780702322839","title":"The Scorpio Races (2022 edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Scorpio Races is a novel by Maggie Stiefvater set in the wilds of Ireland, where thousands gather to watch the horses and the sea that washes the blood from the sand. Sean Kendrick is the only man on the island capable of taming the capaill uisce, and Puck Connolly enters the races to save her family. They both enter the Races hoping to change their lives, but first, they'll have to survive. The capaill uisce are exhilarating, frightening creations, and the final race comes to a pitch-perfect conclusion. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 496 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 07 July 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Scholastic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel of breathtaking beauty, set in the untamed wilds of Ireland, from the bestselling author of Shiver, Linger, and Forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStay alive, stay astride, stay out of the water... Every November, the Scorpio Races are run beneath the chalk cliffs of Skarmouth. Thousands gather to watch the horses and the sea that washes the blood from the sand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mounts are capaill uisce: savage water horses. There are no horses more beautiful, more fearless, more deadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo race them can be suicide, but the danger is irresistible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSean Kendrick knows the dangers of the capaill uisce. With one foot in the ocean and one on land, he is the only man on the island capable of taming the beasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe races to prove something both to himself and to the horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuck Connolly enters the races to save her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the horse she rides is an ordinary little mare, just as Puck is an ordinary girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sean sees Puck on the beach, he doesn't think she belongs. He doesn't realize his fate will become entwined in hers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey both enter the Races, hoping to change their lives. But first, they'll have to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomantic and steeped in legend, Maggie Stiefvater is a master at writing both romance and heart-pounding action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer books have consistently debuted at #1 on the NYT bestseller list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR SCORPIO RACES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf The Scorpio Races sounds like nothing you've ever read, that's because it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe capailluisce are exhilarating, frightening creations... Stiefvater has successfully plumbed lesser-known myths and written a complex literary thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling author of Shiver (2009) and Linger (2010) turns the legend of the water horse into a taut, chilling, romantic adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe water horses are breathtakingly well-imagined, glorious, and untamably violent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final race, with Sean and Puck each protecting each other but both determined to win, is a heart-stopping climax that will leave readers breathless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 340g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 199 x 32 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780702322839\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: 3 ed\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maggie Stiefvater","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44098460451066,"sku":"9780702322839","price":6.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/noImage_1_1873b024-250c-4b6a-a24c-de0f8cd04a69.jpg?v=1657401237","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-scorpio-races-2022-edition-9780702322839","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}