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Brighid, a centaur with a heart of gold, has been following her family's restrictive rules for a life she doesn't want. Now she's on a journey to make friends and form relationships with humans as well as centaurs. But she faces her toughest challenge yet as she helps guide home a grieving human, Cuchulainn, her friend Elphame's brother. As she begins to care for him, she finds herself torn between taking up a power she never expected and a love she's afraid to admit to. And just as she's facing her toughest challenge, the Great Goddess awakens the power of the Shaman within Brighid--the first centaur so blessed in ages. All of these challenges add to her troubles as she learns to balance her duties as a centaur with the love she's always wanted.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Fantasy
Authors: P. C. Cast
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